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Your Guide to OBS Credentialing
Credentialing serves as a foundational safeguard in healthcare. Office-based surgery practices are often challenged by a process that feels designed for bigger healthcare settings…
ASC Credentialing Builds Trust, Protects Patients
Credentialing serves as a foundational safeguard in healthcare. When performed correctly, it is a seamless, recurrent process that ensures only qualified…
Executive Commentary │ An Open Letter Regarding California Emergency Regulations for Licensing Hospice Agencies
To the California Department of Public Health, California State Senate/Assembly, California Attorney General, CMS San Francisco Location: As a nationally recognized healthcare accreditation organization…
Endoscope Reprocessing: A Hospital Expert’s Perspective
Amy Antonacci MSN, RN, recently provided insights on endoscope reprocessing for ACHC’s standing column with OR Today. Amy’s expert guidance focuses on…
Home Care Doesn’t Pause. Compliance Shouldn’t Either.
ACHC Home Care Accreditation operates on a three-year schedule, but that does not imply that compliance efforts should occur only when a survey is approaching…
Why Last-Minute Compliance Efforts Fall Short
Medicare certification and ACHC Accreditation for home health agencies both operate on a three-year schedule. While continuous compliance is expected throughout that period, some agencies…