Bernard McDonnell, DO, is a retired physicians and current surveyor for the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. HFAP is aligned with CMS to ensure all hospitals and healthcare facilities are ...

Accreditation: A hospital CEO’s strategic choice This is part 1 of an 8 part series on Hospital Accreditation Options. It was previously published in Becker’s Hospital Review. Compass Clinical ...

These days, healthcare organizations are under tremendous pressure to improve every facet of care delivery. The need to improve is often a consequence of the Medicare Conditions of Participation, ...

(OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. - November 30, 2009) The Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the continuation of deeming authority for The ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital recently earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its healthcare ...

Hospitals getting accreditation review and the process itself were impacted by COVID-19 in 2020, a recently-released annual report shows. The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has ...

COAL TOWNSHIP — In 2008, Shamokin Area Community Hospital was granted provisional accreditation for one year by the Intersocial Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories. ICAEL ...

Peak One Surgery Center in Frisco, Colo., received re-accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Ventura, Calif.-based West Coast Vascular earned accreditation by the ...

UNC Hospitals have been placed on a “preliminary denial of accreditation status” after a national accrediting agency found several problems during a recent review. UNC Health Care confirmed the ...

HAMILTON — The Fort Hamilton Hospital has been granted a three-year accreditation with commendation from The Commission on Cancer of The American College of Surgeons. To receive a three-year ...

AVON, Ohio -- The American College of Emergency Physicians has awarded Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital’s Emergency Department a Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA). Marymount in ...