JCAHO grants ORYX grace period to some providers

In late October, the board of commissioners at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, slightly modified the ORYX requirements in the accreditation programs for home care, behavioral health, and long-term care.

Under the modified requirements, which were implemented to help reduce the expense of accreditation, newly accredited organizations will be allowed to postpone contracting with an ORYX performance measurement vendor for up to two years, or until core measures for those areas have been implemented.