Major Accreditors – Comparison Chart

1 Major Accreditors Comparison Chart The Joint Commission Det Norske Veritas GL National Committee Utilization Review Commission on Accreditation (TJC) Healthcare, Inc. for Quality Assurance Accreditation Accreditation of Association for (DNV GL) (NCQA) Commission (URAC) Rehabilitation Ambulatory health Facilities Care (AAAHC). (CARF). Website healthcare Founded 1951 Founded 1864; received 1990 1990 1966 1979. CMS deeming status in 2008. About An independent, DNV GL Healthcare is a NCQA uses URAC is an CARF is an AAAHC was founded to nonprofit organization, part of DNV GL measurement, independent, nonprofit independent, nonprofit encourage and assist The Joint Commission Business Assurance, a transparency, and accreditation agency organization focused ambulatory healthcare is the nation's oldest part of the global DNV accountability to based in Washington, on advancing the organizations to and largest standards- GL Group.

2 It helps highlight top whose mission is quality of services provide the highest setting and accrediting customers achieve performers and drive to advance healthcare member organizations achievable level of care body in healthcare. To excellence by improvement. It began quality through use to meet their for recipients in the earn and maintain its improving quality and in the early 1990s by leadership, needs for the best most efficient and Gold Seal of Approval , patient safety through measuring and then accreditation, possible outcomes. economically sound an organization hospital accreditation, accrediting health measurement, and CARF provides manner.

3 AAAHC. undergoes an onsite managing infection plans. NCQA's mission innovation. URAC was accreditation services accomplishes this by survey by a survey risk, management has grown to measure founded in 1990 as a worldwide, primarily at the operation of a team at least every system certification the quality of medical third-party healthcare the request of health peer-based three years. Labs are and training. It's the providers and quality validator. URAC and human service assessment, surveyed every two first and only practices. Most NCQA uses evidence-based providers. consultation, years. TJC is governed accreditation program employees work on measures and develops education , and by a board of to integrate the CMS Healthcare standards through accreditation program.

4 Commissioners that Conditions of Effectiveness Data and inclusive engagement includes physicians, Participation with the Information Set (HEDIS) with a broad range of administrators, nurses, ISO 9001 Quality and accreditation, stakeholders employers, quality and Management Program. certification, and committed to innovation experts, and Its collaborative survey recognition programs . Major Accreditors Comparison Chart educators. TJC employs teams visit customer Government and improving healthcare roughly 1,100 people in hospitals annually, private sector clients quality. its field staff; at its making each visit more hire it through central office in of a routine check up contracts and grants to Oakbrook Terrace, IL; on the hospital's help measure and and at an office in success, not an epic improve quality.

5 Washington, investigation of your faults.. Number of 21,000 500+ 41,000 600+ 7,000 6,000+. accredited members President Mark Chassin, MD, Patrick Horine, MHA Margaret E. O'Kane Shawn Griffin, MD Brian J. Boon, PhD, Noel M. Adachi, MBA. FACP, MPP, MPH. Accreditation/ Accreditation is Accreditation is Accreditation is Most accreditations are Accreditation is Accreditation is certification awarded for three awarded for three awarded for three awarded for three awarded for one or awarded for three years, except for years from the years, and certification years. However, there three years for most years. laboratory effective date, subject is awarded for two are two programs with organizations, except accreditation, which is to annual surveys.

6 Years. a two-year cycle CARF-CFCC which is for awarded for two years. ( health Content five years. Certifications are Provider and health generally awarded for Website). two years. Who's TJC accredits hospitals DNV GL accredits acute NCQA accredits URAC accredits health CARF accredits health AAAHC accredits ACSs accredited (general, psychiatric, care and critical access organizations ranging plan programs and human service and many facility types children's and hospitals. It also offers from health plans including dental plans, organizations in the ( , birthing centers, rehabilitation), critical certification including HMOs and healthcare areas of aging services, college and university access hospitals, home programs /centers of PPOs to physician management behavioral health , health centers, care organizations, excellence.)

7 Networks and medical programs , pharmacy child and youth community health nursing homes, groups. quality management services, employment centers, dental group rehabilitation centers, programs , and provider and community practices, diagnostic long-term facilities, integration and services, medical imaging centers, behavioral health coordination programs . rehabilitation, and endoscopy centers, organizations, addictive opioid treatment FQHCs, health plans, services, ambulatory programs . independent physician care providers, and associations, Indian independent or health centers, MCOs, freestanding clinical military health care laboratories.

8 Facilities, multi- specialty group Major Accreditors Comparison Chart practices, occupational health centers, office based anesthesia, office based surgery centers and practices, oral and maxillofacial surgeons' offices, pain management centers, podiatry practices, radiation oncology centers, urgent or immediate care centers, women's health centers). Accreditation Ambulatory health National Integrated Accountable Care Dental Plan, health Aging Services, Ambulatory Surgery programs Care, Behavioral health Accreditation for Organization, Plan, Behavioral health , Center, health Plan, Care, Critical Access Healthcare (NIAHO )

9 , Credentialing, Case health Plan with health Continuing Care Patient Centered Hospitals, Home Care, for Acute Care and Management, Disease Insurance Marketplace, Retirement Medical Home, Primary Hospitals, International Critical Access Management, health Medicare Advantage, Communities, Child health Care HRSA, Accreditation, Hospitals Plan, Population Case Management, and Youth Services, Network Laboratory, Nursing health , Managed Disease Management, Durable Medical Care Center, Office- Behavioral Healthcare health Call Center, Equipment/Prosthetics Based Surgery Organization, Provider health Utilization /Orthotics/Supplies, Network, Utilization Management, Employment and Management, wellness Independent Review Community Services, and health promotion Organization, Workers Medical Rehabilitation, Compensation Opioid Treatment Utilization programs , Vision Management, Rehabilitation Services Credentials Verification Organization, Dental Network, health Content Provider, health Network, health Web Site, Community Pharmacy, Drug Therapy Management, Mail Service Pharmacy, Pharmacy Benefit Major Accreditors Comparison Chart Management, Specialty Pharmacy.

10 Workers Compensation and Property & Casualty Pharmacy Benefit Management, Accountable Care, Clinical Integration, Telehealth Certification Patient Blood Stroke Center, Credentials Verification Patient-Centered Patient Centered programs / Management, Managing Infection Organization, Long- Medical Home, Medical Home, distinctions/ Comprehensive Cardiac Risk, Ventricular Assist Term Services and Organizational Advanced Orthopaedic recognitions Center, Disease- Devices (VAD), Hip & Supports, wellness and Management Specific Care, health Knee Replacement, health promotion , Care Staffing Services, Heart Failure Program, Multicultural health Integrated Care, Infection Prevention, Care, Disease International Sterile Processing Management, health Certification, Palliative Program, Shoulder Information Product, Care, Perinatal Care, Surgery, Spine Surgery Physician and Hospital Primary Care Medical Quality, Patient- Home Centered Medical Home, PCMH Content Expert, Government PCMH, Patient Centered Specialty Practice, Oncology Medical Home, Patient Centered Connected Care.