ISDH Revising the Incident Reporting Policy

IHCA sent out a member alert in June concerning the ISDH’s draft revisions to the Incident Reporting Policy.  With the great work from the IHCA Regulatory/Clinical Committee, IHCA joined with LeadingAge and HOPE to submit comments to the ISDH’s original draft (click here to view those comments).  IHCA has met with the ISDH since submission of those comments and we are pleased to report that the latest draft of the policy incorporated nearly all of the suggestions we made (click here to see revisions).  Subsequently, IHCA submitted a second set of comments on the revised draft (click here for the second set of comments).  The revised draft is not the final version of the policy and is included here for your information only. 

ISDH continues to work on finalizing the policy.  IHCA understands that the ISDH is working towards a release date for a final policy on or around July 15, 2015 with a 30-day implementation window for an effective date of August 15, 2015. Stay tuned for more!