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Organizational Responses
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American Nurses Association Position Paper on Seclusion and Restraint
This organizational response, sent to the American Nurses Association on November 8, 2011, incorporates feedback from APNA members, councils, and the Board of Directors on ANA's position paper regarding seclusion and restraint.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule on Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs)
This organizational response, submitted to CMS in August 2011, incorporates feedback from APNA's members, councils, and Board of Directors. APNA notified its councils and membership of this proposed rule in early July 2011 and requested feedback. The councils each conducted a critical review of the proposed rule and council chairs then provided summaries of their discussions to the Board of Directors. Individual APNA members were urged to comment directly to CMS in addition to sending a copy of their response to APNA. All of these comments were reviewed and considered by the Board of Directors as they composed the organization's formal response.
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Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Measures from CMS and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
In August 2011, after soliciting feedback from APNA members, councils, and the Board of Directors, APNA submitted these comments regarding the inpatient psychiatric facility quality reporting measures. APNA's comments represent the Board of Directors' review and synthesis of all of the responses recieved from our councils and membership. Members were also invited to submit their individual comments directly via NCQA's Public Comments website.
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