Why Your Accreditation End Date Matters Achieving 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...
Plan Ahead for Potential Drug Recalls Posted: June 23, 2023 As drug recalls become more common, pharmacies should ensure they are prepared to effectively manage them and minimize risk for patients and their business. More importantly, policies and procedures should...
Standards Require Credential Verification Posted: Apr 24, 2023 Verifying pharmacy personnel credentials is important to ensure compliance with payor requirements and government regulations. Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has long considered credential...
Demonstrating Separate Services for Home Infusion Therapy Accreditation Posted: March 21, 2023 For home infusion therapy (HIT) suppliers, the Medicare Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) apply to an organization as a whole — including all clients/patients and not just...
Validating Your Shipping System ACHC Pharmacy Accreditation Standards require an organization to ship pharmaceuticals in a manner that maintains appropriate sanitation, light, and temperature conditions. These requirements are supported by standards in several USP...
Include All Staff in Survey Preparation Posted: November 9, 2022 Pharmacies often rely on one person to be responsible for all accreditation survey preparations. This may fall to the pharmacist in charge, owner, or designated compliance staff member. However, for the...
Certification by ACHC means only that: (i) the product certified currently contains the necessary elements and/or fields that correspond to the items set forth in the ACHC Accreditation Standards for which the product certified is intended to be used (the “Applicable Accreditation Requirements”); (ii) the product certified has the ability to collect, store, and report the data necessary under the Applicable Accreditation Requirements for review by ACHC during a survey; and (iii), if the product certified is used correctly by you, it could improve or expedite your survey experience with ACHC.
Certification by ACHC does not mean or include anything else, including, without limitation, any representation, or warranty regarding the quality, functionality, uptime, downtime, security, performance, support, compatibility, vulnerability to attack, or fitness for any purpose of the product certified or that the product certified is free from defects, malware, bugs, or other issues. Use of the certified product does not guaranty or ensure accreditation by ACHC. ACHC is not recommending or endorsing any certified product or its use, and nothing herein shall be construed as such a recommendation or endorsement.
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