ACHC Pharmacy Accreditation spans a wide range of services. In 2025, pharmacies accredited for ambulatory infusion centers/suites, community retail, mail order…
RX Standards
Understanding Cold Chain Shipping
ACHC pharmacy surveyors visit all types of pharmacies every day. We see independent pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, and large corporate pharmacies. Regardless of…
Pharmacy: Standards Require Credential Verification
Verifying pharmacy personnel credentials is important to ensure compliance with payor requirements and government regulations.
Demonstrating Separate Services for Home Infusion Therapy Accreditation
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 Medicare beneficiaries.
Pharmacy: 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.
Coming Soon: Revisions to USP <795>, <797>
Many in the pharmacy industry welcome news that the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) plans to publish revised standards for USP General Chapters <795> and <797> on November 1, 2022. The announcement comes more than three years after USP first published proposed revisions in 2019.
Pinch of This, Dash of That? Compounding Medications Takes an Exacting Recipe
Compounded medications provide customized solutions for specific patient needs, such as a liquid dosage form instead of a pill, and are gaining greater acceptance for the benefits and flexibility they offer.




