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The accreditation process can be time-consuming, burdensome and very frustrating while at the same time taking your time away from your patients. However, any health care accreditation worth the time and effort invested realizes the true resources it takes at becoming and maintaining the status of active accreditation and/or license.

There are many reasons for your ambulatory business to become accredited:

• It's a way to demonstrate to your patients and the community that you meet nationally recognized standards and dedication to care. Thus, a seal for marketing your business to various payers and the general communities at large.
• Is recognized by most all insurance carriers as a sign of quality. Without it, the insurance companies will simply deny paying out any claims submitted.
• Accreditation is a benchmark for investors to use in evaluating your business, assessing it's worth for acquisitions.
• Provides continuity in protocols and enhances the quality of care your patients receive, Staff become educated, patients are educated, and the outcomes are noted through simple yet very effective trending and monitoring through Quality initiatives.

The Compliance Doctor, LLC assesses your business to the type of accreditation you should choose. We liaison between the accrediting organization and your governing board, quality committee, and medical staff. The Compliance Doctor has a sterling record at successfully assisting the following types of businesses at obtaining their accreditation and or licensing:

• Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• Acute Hospital
• Staffing Agencies
• Sleep Centers
• IDTF Facilities
• Durable Medical Equipment (DME)/Home Medical Equipment (HME)
• Home Health Agencies
• Pharmacies
• Urgent Care Centers
• Dialysis Centers
• Rehab facilities
• Infusion Therapy Centers
• Med Spas
• Independent Living Facilities
• Diagnostic Imaging (CT, MRI, CT, PET)

On a more broad scale of types of businesses that can become accredited, this list below is the accreditable organization types thus far that the Joint Commission has been accrediting for many years (this list is not all inclusive):

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Health Care Accreditation and Licensing and DME Accreditation

Health Care Accreditation, Health Care Licensing, and DME Accreditation are all pivotal aspects of starting a successful ambulatory health care business.

A DME license, also known as a durable medical equipment license, is required for any ambulatory health care service that plans to use wheelchairs and beds, so don’t delay in contacting The Compliance Doctor, LLC for durable medical equipment accreditation consultation services. Furthermore, if you want your health care facility to have the capability of participating in the Medicare system, The Compliance Doctor, LLC can provide you with a consultation for Medicare certification as well. It could be extremely important for your ambulatory health care center to offer Medicare to your patients, especially if you have a lot of patients who meet Medicare’s criteria, such as patients over 65 years of age.

Ambulatory care, now the most common form of health care in the United States, occurs when the patient receives treatment without being admitted to the hospital. When surgeons and doctors can perform surgery in their office rather than an operating room, this is known as office based surgery. Office surgery can save you and the patient a lot of money, not to mention time. The time you save can even be used to treat another patient.

Accreditation Consultants for Ambulatory Health Care, Office Based Surgery, Home Health Care Agency Accreditation, DME Licensing and More

Whatever health care facility you are trying to establish, The Compliance Doctor, LLC is here to provide you with the necessary skills to complete your home health care agency accreditation, and support you every step of the way. Every home health care agency needs to become accredited in order to start bringing in a consistent number of patients, and the experts know that the best way to achieve this goal is via Health Care Accreditation consultation with The Compliance Doctor, LLC.

The Compliance Doctor, LLC offers the best consultation in health care accreditation, DME accreditation, and health care licensing, so contact The Compliance Doctor, LLC today.