HME Business

Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP)

CHAP Accreditation

CHAP is a nationally recognized accrediting organization for agencies that provide Home Medical Equipment since 1965. CHAP accreditation publicly certifies that an organization has voluntarily met the highest standards of excellence for home and community-based health care. CHAP is approved by CMS to deem for all DMEPOS categories specified in the CMS Quality Standards. With the approval of CMS DMEPOS deeming authority, CHAP is continuing its long-term deeming authority relationship with CMS.

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Board of Certification/Accreditation International (BOC)

Board of Certification/Accreditation

Expert Assistance, Step-by-Step Process

• BOC standards have been developed to be inclusive of CMS standards for DMEPOS providers, as well as federal regulations and requirements.
• BOC’s Accreditation program provides a step-by-step system with expert guidance and assistance to help providers earn accreditation for their HME businesses.
• BOC offers one-on-one help from its accreditation experts who will answer providers’ questions and offer detailed guidance.

American Board for Certification in Orthotics & Prosthetics, Inc.

American Board for Certification in Orthotics & Prosthetics

Broad O&P Certification Standards Criteria

• ABC accreditation standards create a baseline for minimal expectations of the physical environment and organizational function of O&P patient care locations.
• Standards are grouped into eight categories, such as Administrative, Patient Records, Human Resources, Patient Care and Management, Product Safety and Claims and Billing Compliance.
• Starting this year, ABC has increased the number of certification exams to six times a year for all discipline-specific written and written simulation exams.

The Compliance Team

The Compliance Team Inc.

Customizable Sleep Care Program

• Founded in 1994 by Sandra C. Canally, RN, The Compliance Team is the first privately held, woman-owned healthcare accreditation organization to receive deeming authority from CMS.
• Accreditation programs include: Critical Access Hospital, Rural Health Clinic, Medical Home, Infusion/Specialty & LTC Pharmacy, DMEPOS, Diagnostic Sleep Center, Home Health Agency, Private Duty, Hospice Care and Ocularist.
• Offers a new Exemplary Provider accreditation for Sleep Care Management that is customizable to cover all sleep medicine delivery models including home sleep testing and DMEPOS (medical devices and supplies) enterprises as well as facility-based and non-traditional diagnostic centers, and dental sleep medicine practices.

HQAA

HQAA

Efficient Accreditation

• Features an Online Workroom to efficiently manage the standards documentation process in small, incremental steps.
• Provides coaches to review individual documents, and provide answers, support and encouragement throughout the process.
• Offers ACT post-accreditation service to maintain high quality standards between accreditation periods.

Accreditation Commission for Health Care

ACHC

Updated Website

• The ISO 9001:2000 certified organization offers seven accrediting programs: DMEPOS, Pharmacy, Sleep, Home Health, Hospice and Behavioral Health.
• Product and service offerings including a transition program, a new website, a recent move, ISO certification and an updated customer central website.
• Features a “checklist for success” workbook, which takes organizations step by step through each of ACHC’s standards and accreditation process. The workbook is designed for both new and existing agencies and will include best practices, survey tips and various tools to maintain compliance.

DMETrain

Online Employee Education

Online employee education system offers more than 400 courses

dmetrain is an online employee education system designed for DME/HME employees. The system offers more than 400 courses, specific to different job descriptions, which allows providers to be sure that they are meeting accreditation requirements. Course material exceeds all accrediting body standards, HIPAA training, OSHA Safety and more.

Joint Commission Resources

Disease-Specific Care Manual

Website provides content from Disease-Specific Care Manual

Joint Commission Resources’ 2011 Disease-Specific Care Certification standards and requirements will now be available through E-dition, which provides online access and automatic updates. The new E-dition allows easy access to the same content found in the Disease-Specific Care Manual through a website that provides users with quick click navigation, full-text searching, current standards information and standards filtering by program. The E-dition covers the requirements for delivering or facilitating clinical care, supporting self, program and clinical information management and performance measurement.

The Compliance Team

The Compliance Team

"CMS" Deemed Organization Provides Accrediting Programs

The Compliance Team's programs are built upon the idea that simplification of the accrediting process is central to achieving healthcare delivery excellence Its simplified, plain language quality standards that protect both providers and patients are featured in all of the company’s Exemplary Provider programs; mentoring and manuals; self-assessment checklists; corporate compliance/anti-fraud plans; and electronic outcomes benchmarking as standard elements. The company’s new logo, colors and domain URL are designed to better refl ect the stature as a CMS "deemed" accreditation organization.

Joint Commission

Joint Commission

The Joint Commission, one of the oldest accrediting bodies, bases its accreditation decisions on data, fact and a compilation of specific issues that are directly observed in the field. Decisions are made based on observation of patient care, as opposed to the observation of policies, procedures, practices and processes. The standards and the survey process that apply to the accreditation product are all developed, devised and created with collaboration from industry sources. The HME industry and the respiratory care industry all have input through advisory councils and a professional technical advisory committee. Joint Commission is approved for all products and services described in Section 1834(a)(13) of the Act; prosthetic devices, orthotics and prosthetics described in Section 1834(h) of the Act; and items described in Section 1842(s)(2) of the Act.