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Initial approval of Deeming Authority of ACHC for Home Health Agencies was granted in February 2006. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On November 27, 2009, ACHC was recognized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a national accreditation organization for Hospices that request participation in the Medicare program.
Introduced in the House as H.R. 1628 by Diane Black (R-TN) on March 20, 2017; Committee consideration by House Energy and Commerce Committee: passed as "Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Repeal and Replace of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" on March 9, 2017 (); House Ways and Means Committee: passed on March 9, 2017 as "Budget Reconciliation ...
Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) [5] Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA) Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) Joint Commission (TJC) National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) National Dialysis Accreditation Commission (NDAC) [6] The Compliance Team, "Exemplary ...
Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations that represents more than 14,000 non-profit and for-profit nursing homes, assisted living communities, [1] and facilities for individuals with disabilities.
In 2015 CMS identified 254 quality measures for which providers may choose to submit data. The measures map to U.S. National Quality Standard (NQS) health care quality domains: [4] Communication and Care Coordination; Community/Population Health; Effective Clinical Care; Efficiency and Cost Reduction; Patient Safety
"Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey: Benefits and Challenges". Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery . 147 (4): 671–677.
On December 24, 2009, the Senate passed an alternative health care bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590). [2] In 2010, the House abandoned its reform bill in favor of amending the Senate bill (via the reconciliation process) in the form of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.