Topic: Hospital Compliance

In November 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published their requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccine immunization. It mandates that staff among Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of March 15, 2022.
Confirming You Are in Compliance with the CMS Vaccine Mandate
The CMS vaccine mandate only applies to CMS-certified providers and healthcare settings regulated by CMS for health and safety. It does not cover other recipients of Medicare and Medicaid funds.

Healthcare vendor management is an umbrella term for the processes hospitals use to manage vendors, including sourcing and researching suppliers, evaluating pricing, negotiating vendor contracts, ensuring timely delivery of goods and services, credentialing vendors, and controlling the time and location of vendor visits. 
Why Vendor Management Is Important
Vendor management keeps your facility costs low while removing obstacles to delivering mission-critical goods. A good hospital vendor management system makes the vendoring process easier for all involved while encouraging the growth of strategic relationships between vendors and facilities. 

Hospitals require vendor credentialing to manage their supply chains efficiently while ensuring all vendors comply with facility policies. Digitized vendor credentialing cuts operating expenses, helps hospitals control the revolving door of daily visitors, and enhances workforce safety. 
A lack of technology solutions for tracking and verifying vendors is one of the most common pain points reported by healthcare supply chain managers, who often raise concerns about the legal implications of inadequate vendor management systems. Gaps in vendor management also put the physical and virtual safety of patients and data at risk.