Online, members-only, facilitated peer forum addressing compliance issues relating to the Joint Commission (TJC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for state hospitals and other public mental health inpatient institutions.
Membership Features:
A. Membership is for a 12-month period.
B. Participants must be staff or designated representative of a current member state hospital, other public MH inpatient facility or related governing body.
C. Each facility is permitted unlimited SPHCC access by its staff. It is also encouraged to designate up to 3 official representatives at least one of whom is the PI/QI Department Director or designated Survey Coordinator.
D. Members agree to collaborate in at least the following ways:
• Identify a survey information contact person for the SPHCC directory of sister hospitals.
• Provide some brief details about the kinds of services you offer and the patient populations you work with.
• Provide feedback on your TJC and CMS surveys while they are still fresh in your mind using our online Post-Survey Questionnaire (PSQ).
• Contribute at least one best practice policy, or form for online sharing/posting with other SPHCC members each year
• Participate in at least one online opinion e-Poll per year
• Share any other tips, tools and pearls that you think might benefit the compliance efforts of your sister hospitals whenever you can
E. Agree to preserve confidentiality, honor HIPAA requirements, avoid copyright infringement and practice respect and discretion with all shared communications and information use.
A Qualifying organization may join SPHCC as an individual facility or as part of a group of provider facilities. See pricing details by clicking the ‘Online’ or ‘Invoice’ links.
2010 Discounts:
20-40%: For hospitals joining as a group or for individual organizations electing multi-year membership.
50%: For state psychiatric hospitals for the duration of the recession.
60%: For hospitals expecting survey within the year and willing to commit to sharing post survey information. See details below in Survey Sharing Invitation.
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Survey Sharing Invitation
Members of our collaborative are especially interested in feedback on recent CMS and TJC survey experiences. That information is being collected and analyzed in a unique database for psychiatric facilities. For that reason, SPHCC provides the following offers for those hospitals willing to share:
Free Newsletter (12 months)
For non-members who are at least 28 months past their last full, unannounced TJC survey and willing to commit* to submitting a post survey questionnaire (PSQ) within 30 days of actual survey.
For non-members who have already had a CMS or TJC survey that is no more than 3 months old with submission of a post survey questionnaire (PSQ)
Discounted Membership (60%)
For non- or renewing members who are at least 28 months past their last full, unannounced TJC survey and willing to commit* to submitting a post survey questionnaire (PSQ) within 30 days of actual survey.
For renewing members who have submitted a PSQ for CMS survey within the last 12 months.
