List of healthcare accreditation organizations in the United States
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The following organizations survey and accredit hospitals and healthcare organizations in the USA.
A number have deeming power for Medicare and Medicaid.
- Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
- Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
- Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC)
- Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ)[1]
- Community Health Accreditation Program
- The Compliance Team, "Exemplary Provider Programs"
- DNV Healthcare
- Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC)
- Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
- Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA)
- The Joint Commission (TJC)
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Contents
Education accreditation
Birth Centers
Emergency management
Medicine
Nursing
- College of Nursing accreditation
- National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
- 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
- Non-governmental credentialing bodies
Surgery
Therapeutics
- American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)[2]
- National Board of Certified Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)[3]
- American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)[4]
References
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- ↑ http://www.apta.com
- ↑ http://www.nbcot.org
- ↑ http://www.aota.org