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The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) is a United States
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health care Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health pr ...
accrediting organization. It represents an alternative to the
Joint Commission The Joint Commission is a United States-based nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c) organization that accredits more than 22,000 US health care organizations and programs. The international branch accredits medical services from around the world. A majori ...
and CHAP, The Community Health Accreditation Program. ACHC was established in 1985 by
home care Homecare (also spelled as home care) is health care or supportive care provided by a professional caregiver in the individual home where the patient or client is living, as opposed to care provided in group accommodations like clinics or nursing h ...
health providers to create an
accreditation Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to ...
option which was more focused on the needs of small providers. The process began in
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, with the group incorporated in August 1986. The first accredited organization was awarded certification in January 1987. The company began offering services on a national level in 1996. Today, ACHC offers nine accredited programs, three of which are CMS approved (Home Health, Hospice, DMEPOS). * Home Health * Hospice * Private Duty * DMEPOS * Pharmacy *PCAB * Sleep * Behavioral Health *Ambulatory Care The Accreditation process follows a three-year accreditation cycle. The process allows for organizations to learn best practices to better serve its client base. The accreditation process starts with the organization looking at their policies and procedures and adding them to the Preliminary Evidence Report (PER) for ACHC to review. One of their surveyors will review and give required changes. Within 3–7 months an unannounced survey will take place. Once completed the organization may have some changes to make through a Plan of Correction (PoC). If the PoC is accepted the organization will be fully accredited and rewarded with the full benefits of ACHC Accreditation, they tend to be high rated In early 2013, ACHC moved to its all-new headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. It welcomed its new CEO, José Domingos, and it launched its Behavioral Health Program.


CMS/Regulatory

In November 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved ACHC to accredit suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) as meeting new quality standards under Medicare Part B. In January 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the approval of the ACHC for continued Deeming Authority for Home Health Agencies through 2015. Initial approval of Deeming Authority of ACHC for Home Health Agencies was granted in February 2006. On November 27, 2009, ACHC was recognized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a national accreditation organization for Hospices that request participation in the Medicare program.http://frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/TEXTgate.cgi?WAISdocID=56734621636+0+1+0&WAISaction=retrieve Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Approval of the Accreditation Commission for Health Care for Deeming Authority for Hospices


See also

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International healthcare accreditation Due to the near-universal desire for safe and good quality healthcare, there is a growing interest in international healthcare accreditation. Providing healthcare, especially of an adequate standard, is a complex and challenging process. Healthca ...
* List of healthcare accreditation organisations in the United States *
Patient safety Patient safety is a discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting and analysis of error and other types of unnecessary harm that often lead to adverse patient events. The frequency and magnitude of ...
* Patient safety organization


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