For four decades, Crystal Flynt has focused on home health and hospice. She joined ACHC in 2011 as a full-time surveyor and traveled to almost every state for 13 years. Now Crystal shares her hospice accreditation expertise as a clinical review specialist for our...
By: Susan Mills, RN, Senior Program Director Susan Mills worked more than three decades as a registered nurse serving home health and hospice organizations. In her current role at ACHC, she guides Hospice, Home Health, and Home Infusion Therapy Accreditation. She also...
By: ACHC Posted: September 11, 2025In the post-9/11 era, the term "Security Theater" emerged to describe over-the-top yet ineffective airport security procedures designed more to make travelers feel safe than to actually increase safety. Today, healthcare...
Posted: August 29, 2025ACHC Standards for 2025 have been reviewed and minor changes made to reflect the goals of safe, high-quality, person-centered care that drive accreditation.Standards that previously referenced “cultural diversity” have been updated to...
By: Lisa Meadows, MSW Senior Manager, Clinical Operations Posted: August 5, 2025The April 2025 article, Excellence in Hospice Care: The Plan of Care, touched on comprehensive assessment as the critical first step in developing an individualized plan of care for...
By: J’non Griffin, RN, MHA, HCS-D, HCS-O, HCS-H, HCS-C, COS-C Posted: June 13, 2025The plan of care is a dynamic document that directs the services provided by the hospice to meet the goals of the patient and the patient’s family/caregiver. The plan of care requires...
By: Lisa Meadows, MSW, Senior Manager, Clinical Operations Posted: April 2, 2025Individualized, holistic support is the foundation of quality hospice care and this depends on a well-structured and continuously updated plan of care. Hospice Medicare Conditions of...
Why Your Accreditation End Date MattersAchieving accreditation is regarded as one of the key benchmarks for measuring the quality of an organization. Once initial accreditation is achieved, it is not permanent and must be maintained and renewed to ensure continued...
Maintain Personnel Records with Our Free Checklist Maintaining personnel records for staff members is required to achieve ACHC Accreditation and meet applicable state and federal regulations. Your organization must keep records, and keep them up to date, for all...
CMS Extends Effective Date for New Hospice RequirementsPosted: April 26, 2024New Medicare requirements for hospice certifying physicians will now take effect June 3, 2024, instead of the original May 1 effective date. CMS announced the action in an MLN newsletter on...