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Behavioral Health: Securing and Releasing Confidential Information
To minimize risk, ACHC Behavioral Health Accreditation Standards stipulate that your organization establish clear, well-defined policies and procedures for properly securing, protecting, and releasing confidential service recipient information.
Home Health: Plan Ahead for the End of the COVID-19 PHE
With the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ending soon, affected healthcare providers, including home health agencies with deemed status, will need to make adjustments as they prepare to restore normal operations.
Renal Dialysis: Plan Ahead for the End of the PHE
With the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ending soon, affected healthcare providers, including renal dialysis facilities with deemed status, will need to make adjustments as they prepare to restore normal operations.
Palliative Care: Meeting Requirements for Your Plan of Correction
To address deficiencies, an organization must develop an effective Plan of Correction (POC) and submit it to ACHC before a final accreditation status is determined. This is the final step in the accreditation survey process.
Ambulatory Surgery Center: It’s Always Time to Evaluate Quality and Performance
There is one essential plan that should be examined and implemented in the same fashion: Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI).
Renal Dialysis: Meeting Requirements for Your Plan of Correction
Nearly all organizations surveyed for accreditation are cited for deficiencies. To address deficiencies, an organization must develop an effective Plan of Correction (POC) and submit it to ACHC before a final accreditation status is determined. This is the final step in the accreditation survey process.