TJC and CMS News for the Behavioral Healthcare Industry
March 2019
In This Issue:

Greetings to Our Colleagues in Behavioral Healthcare!
Barrins & Associates was proud to be a Bronze Sponsor once again for the annual meeting of the National Association for Behavioral Health in Washington D. C. this month! The agenda was chock full of eminent speakers and the most up-to-date information on issues impacting the Behavioral Healthcare industry. Many of our clients are NABH members. If you are not, we encourage you to consider joining the association. Check out the NABH web site.   There's a wealth of information on pertinent topics for behavioral health providers.   
 
In this month's newsletter, we're providing an update on TJC's latest clarification on the revised National Patient Safety Goal on suicide risk reduction which goes into effect July 1st.
 
We're also sharing information on the new pain management requirements for organizations surveyed under the Behavioral Health Care standards.

We value your feedback on the newsletter. Please send us your comments and tell us what topics you would like to see in future issues. We look forward to hearing from you! And, feel free to to your colleagues.

Anne Barrins
President/CEO
Ready for Your Next TJC Survey?

Suicide risk assessment, ligature risks, and B Tags... These are high risk areas on the radar for 2019 surveys. Contact us now to help you prepare for these challenges. We can minimize your risk of Condition level findings and follow-up surveys and help improve patient safety in your organization!
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Tip of the Month
You can access all the FAQs on Ligatures and Suicide Risk Reduction in one handy location on the TJC website. Click on Standards Interpretation FAQs in the Environment of Care chapter for Hospitals and Behavioral Health organizations. 
Why Choose
Barrins & Associates?
"We've used Barrins & Associates for both CMS and TJC mock surveys. They've done an outstanding job of preparing us for both. Our most recent TJC hospital survey was two months early but there were no surprises thanks to the exhaustive review done by the Barrins & Associates team. They are top notch in the industry!"

Donald J. Parker
President and CEO
Belle Meade, New Jersey
NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOAL 15.01.01:
CLARIFICATION FROM TJC
Heads up for behavioral healthcare organizations surveyed under the Behavioral Health Care standards! TJC just issued an important clarification on revised National Patient Safety Goal 15.01.01.01 for non-inpatient BH settings ...
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PAIN MANAGEMENT:
NEW REQUIREMENTS IN TJC BH STANDARDS
Is your organization surveyed under The Joint Commission's Behavioral Health Care standards? If so, be aware of new requirements effective July 1, 2019 related to pain assessment and pain management. First, let's review the current requirements and then take a look at the new ones coming in July ...
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NEW CLIENTs
Barrins & Associates is pleased to welcome three new clients:
Brookhaven Hospital in Tulsa, OK; The Motion Picture and Television Fund Center for Behavioral Health in Woodland Hills, CA; and Sunrise Recovery i n Clarksville, IN. We are pleased to work with these organizations on regulatory readiness !
Barrins & Associates provides Joint Commission and CMS consulting services for the Behavioral Healthcare industry. Our clients include psychiatric hospitals and freestanding Behavioral Healthcare organizations. We specialize in providing Survey Preparation and Continuous Survey Readiness services for the Behavioral Healthcare industry. Barrins & Associates was founded by Anne Barrins who was a Joint Commission surveyor for 13 years.

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