Hospice News August 22, 2024
The Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC) has unveiled two new specialty credentials for organizations providing home-based care.
The North Carolina-based accreditor now offers a Distinction in Age-Friendly Care for Home Health and Hospice and the Distinction in Outcomes for Home Health, designed to recognize excellence in patient-centered care delivered in the home.
Recipients must be ACHC-accredited. For the accreditor these distinctions represent a starting point for additional versions that will stretch across the care continuum.
“Right now it’s home health and hospice, but if you’re a home health or hospice, you can also have a Palliative Care or Behavioral Health distinction,” Susan Mills, senior program director for home health and hospice at ACHC, told Hospice News. “Our plan...
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