JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS

Medicare quality standards for hospitals and transplant programs. Education on antibiotic resistance, antibiotic stewardship and related Medicare quality standards.

Monitor healthcare reform and quality initiatives, including implementation of related provisions in the Affordable Care Act. Monitor implementation of health care provider provisions of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, Public Law No: 117-105, and reauthorization in H.R. 7153/S. 3679, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act.