Regulatory Organizations
What is OSHA?
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) mission is to
prevent work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths. Since the federal agency was
created in 1971, occupational deaths have been cut in half and injuries have
declined by 40 percent. OSHA standards impact the way we do business in our
healthcare organization.
What is CMS?
Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CM) provides health insurance for
over 74 million Americans through Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP. In addition to
providing health insurance, CMS also performs a number of quality-focused
activities, including regulation of laboratory testing (CLIA), development of
coverage policies, and quality-of-care improvement. CMS use to be known as the
Health Care Financial Administration (HCFA).
What is DNV?
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Healthcare is the leading accreditor of US hospitals
integrating ISO 9001 quality compliance with Medicare Conditions of
Participation (CoP). Medicare has granted DNV Healthcare authority to accredit
hospitals on their behalf. DNV replaced the Joint Commission (TJC) as the
accrediting agency for all Sentara hospitals.