Why Accreditation is Important

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Accreditation is regarded as one of the key benchmarks for measuring the quality of an organization, along with its products and services. In the US, standard setting by industry leaders with peer review is widely accepted.

Preparing for accreditation will disclose the company's strengths and weaknesses. Staging of the process provides information for management to make decisions regarding operations, whether they are business or patient-care related, in order to improve effectiveness and efficiency of business performance. In other words, organizational self-examination should result in better planning, implementation and further evaluation of all processes.

The accreditation process will provide a catalyst for organizational management strategy. The on-site survey validates the application of those strategies and determines if the company is actually performing according to the goals and objectives it has adopted in its system.

Successful accreditation can reap many benefits for the company. The following is a list of typical results of companies becoming accredited:

• Ability to Develop your true Competitive Edge
• Better business plan
• Improved policies
• More effective and efficient operations
• Stronger risk management strategies
• Reduction in incidents
• Enhanced team awareness
• Credibility with government and third-party payers
• Marketing edge
• Greater customer trust
• Professional self-respect
• Accreditation allows you to raise your standards of excellence and be a health care leader in your community.
• It is a patient care marketing tool (CHAP standards of excellence). Your Patients do come first.
• Be accredited to work with all HMO Providers. Many HMO providers (possibly all in the near future) require an agency to be Medicare Accredited.
• Be accredited to work with all hospitals. Many hospitals (possibly all in the near future) require agencies to be Medicare Accredited.
• Be ahead of the curve when it come to changes in FUTURE state regulations.

Medicare Accreditation is required for all new home health care agencies. Possible changes in regulations may require all existing agencies to be accredited in the future as well.

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