List of healthcare accreditation organizations in the United States
The following organizations survey and accredit hospitals and healthcare organizations in the US.[1]
Medicare and Medicaid deeming
A number have deeming power for Medicare and Medicaid.
- American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities[2] (AAAASF)
- Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
- Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
- American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC)
- Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC)
- Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ)[3]
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- Community Health Accreditation Program
- The Compliance Team, "Exemplary Provider Programs"
- DNV GL Healthcare
- The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission(IAC)
Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT)[4]
- 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)
- Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC)
- National Dialysis Accreditation Commission (NDAC)[5]
Education accreditation
Birth Centers
- The Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers
Emergency Medicine
Medicine
Nursing
- College of Nursing accreditation
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
- National League for Nursing
- Advanced practice nursing college accreditation
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- Council of Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
Respiratory care
- College of respiratory care accreditation
- Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
- Non-governmental credentialing bodies
Surgery
- Association of Surgical Technologists
Therapeutics
- American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)[6]
- American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)[7]
- National Board of Certified Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)[8]
References
- "American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC)".
- "AAAASF". Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- "Approval of the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality's (CIHQ) Hospital Accreditation Program". Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- "Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy". www.factwebsite.org.
- "Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Approval of an Application From National Dialysis Accreditation Commission for CMS Approval of Its End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facility Accreditation Program". Federal Register. 2019-02-05. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- http://www.aota.org
- APTAAdmin. "Home". American Public Transportation Association.
- "NBCOT Home Page". www.nbcot.org.
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