Tag: Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
Enhabit earns CHAP accreditation
April 14, 2023HME News Staff
DALLAS – Enhabit, Inc., a provider of hospice and home health services, has been awarded the Age-Friendly Care at Home Certification from Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) for its home health agencies in Petersburg, Virginia, and Clermont, Florida. The CHAP certification program brings Age-Friendly Health Systems, an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA)...
Great Plains Homecare receives CHAP accreditation
February 8, 2023HME News Staff
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Great Plains Homecare Equipment has been awarded CHAP accreditation under the organization’s home medical equipment services standards of excellence. The rigorous evaluation by CHAP focuses on structure and function, quality of services and products, human and financial resources and long- term viability. “Great Plains Health Homecare Equipment places an emphasis on quality, outcomes, patient safety and remarkable care,” said Clint Brady, general manager,...
Sun Medical earns second accreditation
January 26, 2022HME News Staff
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – Sun Medical Equipment and Supply has been awarded CHAP accreditation. “Our dedicated team worked tirelessly to make our new store in Birmingham a great success,” said Greg Jamian, president/CEO for Sun Medical Inc. “While Sun Medical has always been accredited, through AmeriCare, we felt it very important that our new store receive the same accreditation.” The evaluation by CHAP focuses on structure and function, quality of services and products,...
Accreditation news: BOC, CHAP
March 28, 2018HME News Staff
Owings Mills, Md.-based Board of Certification/Accreditation has won a Stevie Award for Innovation in Customer Service, the company announced March 27. It's BOC's eighth consecutive Stevie Award. The company's bronze award in the “New Product Development for Customer Demand” category recognizes its focus on new strategies and tactics for continuously improving service to its customers. In its entry submission, BOC highlighted its recently launched Compounding Accreditation,...
CHAP names new leader
December 13, 2017HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The board of directors of Community Health Accreditation Partner has tapped Barbara McCann as president and CEO. McCann has served as interim president and CEO since July 2017. Her experience spans executive roles with national homecare providers over the last two decades. “We are excited to have Barbara assume the position of CEO and president,” said Maureen Spivack, chairwoman of the board. “Her national experience in quality management, combined with her vision and...
People: United Spinal, InfuSystem, CHAP
June 29, 2017HME News Staff
Lisa Wells has been named to United Spinal Association's Board of Directors. Wells, vice president of marketing at Cure Medical, has more than 20 years of experience in public relations and marketing communications for medical device, medical supply and health technology companies and has created two social media communities for wheelchairs users…Darrell Montgomery and Christopher Sansone have been elected to InfuSystem's Board of Directors. Montgomery has nearly 30 years experience in operational...
People news: Karen Collishaw, Michael Clark
July 29, 2013HME News Staff
The board of directors of the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) has selected Karen Collishaw as president and CEO. She will direct CHAP as “it embarks on a new strategic direction to advance the highest quality in community-based care,” according to a press release. Collishaw is the former deputy executive director of the American Academy of Dermatology…The CPAP Horizon Project has appointed Michael Clark, vice president of sales and business development at Signature Sleep...