The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued a statement about 1:1 monitoring of actively suicidal patients who are either known or suspected of having COVID-19. To...

Read more for the new guidance and resources the Joint Commission has released for behavioral health.

Suicide Risk Reduction – Monitoring High – Risk Patients What is the monitoring requirement for patients at high risk for suicide? In units/areas that contai...

TJC FAQ191115 - Issued November 15, 2019 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) (Behavioral Health / Behavioral Health Care) Suicide Risk Reduction – Monitorin...

Ligature and Suicide Risk Reduction – Ceiling Systems What ceiling systems are allowable as a replacement for a solid ceiling? A monolithic ceiling must eith...

CMS is requesting public comment on its proposed clarification of Ligature Risk Interpretive Guidelines. This is CMS’ response to the work of The Joint Commi...

The Joint Commission has clarified Expert Panel on Suicide’s Recommendation #1 (November 2017 Perspectives) relating to Self-Closing and Self-Locking Doors a...

The Joint Commission is providing FREE ACCESS to Suicide Prevention publications such as relevant issues of their Perspectives newsletter and other publicati...

Issued November 26, 2018; updated February 20, 2019 Prepublication Requirements The Joint Commission has approved the following revisions for prepublication....

In an FAQ published in the January 2019 Edition of their Perspectives newsletter, they report that: “…dropped ceilings are allowed in corridors and common ar...

The November 2017, January 2018, and July 2018 issues of Perspectives published suicide risk reduction recommendations from an expert panel convened by The J...

Click here to view the PDF of CMS’s statement on not convening their own Psychiatric Care Task Force.

The Joint Commission has released a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that contains responses to inquiries that have been submitted regarding their Recommenda...

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newly released study of the Incidence and Method of Suicide in Hospitals is a very comprehensive review of data available from t...

The January 2018 issue of The Joint Commission’s Perspectives addresses the recommendations that came from the Expert Panel’s third meeting  (October 2017) r...

CMS Dec 2017 – CMS released a Clarification of Ligature Risk Policy to its State Survey Agency Directors on December 8, 2017.  In the interest of making sure...

The Joint Commission has released their recommendations regarding Hospital Environmental Hazards for Providers and Surveyors. In an attempt to get this infor...

This email is being sent out on behalf of Mark Pelletier, Chief Operating Officer- Accreditation and Certification Operations. Dear Colleagues: Recently, CMS...

For many years The Joint Commission (TJC) has had “Deemed Status” from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which means that CMS will accept T...