ACHC publishes new analysis of quality review
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:56 AM CST, Thu January 19, 2023
CARY, N.C. – The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has published new quality review analyses in its publication the Surveyor.
The special reports include key insights and deficiencies from 2022 survey data, covering a wide range of health care environments from ambulatory surgery centers to home care agencies and sleep labs, among others. These resources help organizations benchmark performance against their peers to proactively address common issues as part of continuous quality improvement.
“Leading with education is at the forefront of our development strategy to help support these organizations in their improvement efforts through accreditation,” said José Domingos, president and CEO of ACHC. “We wish to empower our health care organizations to address deficiencies head-on with a 360-degree approach to accreditation.”
Some key findings include:
DMEPOS deficiencies – One newly-identified standard ties to an expectation of familiarity with federal requirements, and the other standards are identified in the report as frequently-cited deficiencies, which tie directly to the federal requirements.
Sleep center deficiencies – An increase in standards identified as out of compliance in comparison to 2021 data may be attributed to the increase of survey volume as sleep labs reopened or pivoted to home-based testing as COVID-19 shifts to an endemic state.
For more information about ACHC programs or to access special editions of the Surveyor, visit https://www.achc.org/publications/
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