Relations with Other Programs

4117 - Relations with Other Programs (Rev. 1, 05-21-04) It is incumbent on each State to maintain effective liaison with other programs having activities similar to those performed for the survey and certification program. The need for establishing and maintaining relationships is particularly obvious with reference to licensure programs. In addition to licensure, examples of other programs with goals closely related to those of certification are hospital survey and construction programs, health facilities planning programs, and mental health and chronic ESRD programs. These programs, while not bearing the same relationship to survey and certification as does licensure, include activities that approximate health insurance activities. Additionally, the SA should consider joint activities with mutually benefiting programs on an “ad hoc” basis. This assumes that each State makes protracted and frequent contacts at an administrative level in the interest of the survey and certification program.