The Joint Commission is eliminating 168 standards (14%) and revising 14 other standards across its accreditation programs to streamline requirements and make them as efficient and impactful on patient safety, quality and equity as possible. Additionally, The Joint Commission is not raising its accreditation fees for domestic hospitals in 2023 in recognition of the many financial challenges hospitals and health systems continue to face.
The first tranche of standards deletions and revisions by program will be effective Jan. 1, 2023. They include:
Hospital: 56 deleted and 4 revised
Critical Access Hospital: 37 deleted and 4 revised
Ambulatory Health Care: 20 deleted and 1 revised
Behavioral Health Care and Human Services: 9 deleted and 1 revised
Home Care: 10 deleted and 1 revised
Laboratory Services: 6 deleted and 1 revised
Nursing Care Center: 12 deleted and 1 revised
Office-Based Surgery: 18 deleted and 1 revised
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