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Hospitals can now request IMQ physician surveyors for accreditation surveys

The California Medical Association’s (CMA) Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) recently signed a contract with The Joint Commission that allows California acute care hospitals to choose whether they want an IMQ physician surveyor to participate in their accreditation surveys. Hospitals with survey anniversary dates in 2015 have until August 15 to indicate their selection. If they do not actively request an IMQ surveyor, IMQ will not participate on their survey. Since the 1970s, IMQ has participated in hospital licensure and accreditation surveys in partnership with the Joint Commission and the ...