Long Term Care

Last updated 7/26/10, 2:15 p.m. CT


Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Long Term Care (CAMLTC)

Changes to CAMLTC
The Updates
Requirements for Accreditation
Accreditation Participation Requirements (APR)
Environment of Care (EC)
Emergency Management (EM)
Human Resources (HR)
Infection Prevention and Control (IC)
Information Management (IM)
Leadership (LD)
Life Safety (LS)
Medication Management (MM)
National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)
Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services (PC)
Performance Improvement (PI)
Record of Care, Treatment, and Services (RC)
Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual (RI)
Waived Testing (WT)
Policies, Procedures, and Other Information
The Accreditation Process (ACC)
Sentinel Events (SE)
The Joint Commission Quality Report (QR)
Simplifying Compliance Activities (SCA)
Medicare/Medicaid Certification-Based Long Term Care Accreditation Standards (MC)
Required Written Documentation (RWD)
Early Survey Policy Option (ESP)
Staffing Effectiveness Indicators (SEI)


The Updates

2010 Update 1 Table of Changes (6/10)

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Accreditation Participation Requirements (APR)

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Environment of Care (EC)

Deleted MOS and Scoring Categories (EC, IM, MM, PC, PI, RC) (6/10)

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Emergency Management (EM)

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Human Resources (HR)

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Infection Prevention and Control (IC)

Clarification on Reducing Infection Risks Associated with Medical Equipment, Devices, and Supplies (IC) (10/09)

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Information Management (IM)

Deleted MOS and Scoring Categories (EC, IM, MM, PC, PI, RC) (6/10)

Correction: Approved Abbreviations List Is Not Required Under IM.02.02.01 (6/10)

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Leadership (LD)

Staffing Effectiveness Standard Suspended (LD) (8/09)

Staffing Effectiveness Requirements (LD, PI) (1/10)

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Life Safety (LS)

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Medication Management (MM)

Deleted MOS and Scoring Categories (EC, IM, MM, PC, PI, RC) (6/10)

Clarification on Expiration of Multi-dose Vials (6/10)

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National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)

2010 National Patient Safety Goals (10/09)

Errata to NPSG Chapter as Published in 2010 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual (12/09)

No New National Patient Safety Goals, Only Minor Revisions for 2011 (NPSG) (8/10)

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Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services (PC)

Deleted MOS and Scoring Categories (EC, IM, MM, PC, PI, RC) (6/10)

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Performance Improvement (PI)

Staffing Effectiveness Requirements (LD, PI) (1/10)

Correction to Criticality Tiers Published in Perspectives (PI) (3/10)

Deleted MOS and Scoring Categories (EC, IM, MM, PC, PI, RC) (6/10)

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Record of Care, Treatment, and Services (RC)

Deleted MOS and Scoring Categories (EC, IM, MM, PC, PI, RC) (6/10)

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Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual (RI)

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Waived Testing (WT)

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The Accreditation Process (ACC)

2010 Updates to Accreditation and Certification Decision Rules (8/09)

Shorter Time Frame for Second Survey Under the Early Survey Policy (9/09)

Correction to New Fraud and Abuse Accreditation Decision Rule (9/09)

Clarification on Conducting Extension Surveys (10/09)

Revision to the ESC Tool on Secure Extranet (10/09)

Decision Rule for Preliminary Denial of Accreditation Eliminated (12/09)

New Preliminary Denial of Accreditation Process (12/09)

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Sentinel Events (SE)

Suspension of "Automatic" Sentinel Event Adverse Decision (5/10)

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The Joint Commission Quality Report (QR)

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Simplifying Compliance Activities (SCA)

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Medicare/Medicaid Certification-Based Long Term Care Accreditation Standards (MC)

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Required Written Documentation (RWD)

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Early Survey Policy Option (ESP)

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Staffing Effectiveness Indicators (SEI)

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