It represents an alternative to the Joint Commission and CHAP, The Community Health Accreditation Program.
Today, ACHC offers nine accredited programs, three of which are CMS approved (Home Health, Hospice, DMEPOS).
The accreditation process starts with the organization looking at their policies and procedures and adding them to the Preliminary Evidence Report (PER) for ACHC to review.
[1] In January 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the approval of the ACHC for continued Deeming Authority for Home Health Agencies through 2015.
[2] Initial approval of Deeming Authority of ACHC for Home Health Agencies was granted in February 2006.