I hope that if you acquire accreditation for your agency and are considering CHAP accreditation or JCAHO accreditation, this information will help you with your decision.
What is accreditation?
Accreditation is an assessment process that can help standardize processes to save agency funds and ensure more consistent delivery of health care. Accreditation is an investment that helps you protect your company and, most importantly, your patients.
Medicare Accreditation Search
Agencies wishing to obtain certification (Medicare, Medicaid, Private pay) have the right to choose from several reviewed Medicare, Medicaid and private paid companies. CHAP, which stands for Community Health Accreditation, offers a variety of CHAP services, which include CHAP Medicare, CHAP Medicaid and CHAP for private payments. JCAHO, advocates for the Joint Commission, and also offers various services for accrediting Medicare. Like CHAP, JCAHO also offers JCAHO Medicare, JCAHO Medicaid and JCAHO Private Pay.
Looking for a JCAHO Medicare certificate? Looking for a CHAP Medicare accreditation?
The following is a comparison of CHAP VS JCAHO (differences between CHAP and JCAHO)
1. The difference between CHAP and JCAHO is that CHAP mainly offers accreditation services for home health. JCAHO is best known for the hospital accreditation process and has an organizational focus. CHAP offers accreditation services for Home Health Care, Hospice, DME, Infusion and Pharmacy.
2. JCAHO / Joint Commission offers accreditation in hospitals, hospitals with critical access, operational surgery in the office, long-term care, home care, ambulatory care, behavioral approach.
3. Some agencies that chose CHAP over JCAHO do this because they believe that JCAHO is known in the industry for the hospital accreditation process and how this may reflect what is required for agency compliance.
4. Agencies that choose CHAP tend to do so because of the compliance process that focuses on patient care.
5. Both Chap and JCAHO are visiting agencies for 120 days. Please note that these times vary and can vary depending on their size and the number of site surveyors in the field.
6. Those who compare the JCAHO VS CHAP process should expect both to have surveyors who offer practical assessments while in the field, talking to patients, interviewing employees, and understanding how we do business. Their ultimate goal is to increase the effectiveness of the agency, save organization money and improve patient care.
7. Both have the same cost ratio for their services.
8. Both require a minimum of a three-day site visit for home health facilities requiring accreditation (for existing facilities with a high census of patients, additional days may be required)
If you do not know where to start, contact your consultant. This is not a franchise company, but a company that will submit your state licensed application and prepare your certification.
