CHAP Accreditation

The Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc. (CHAP) is an independent, non-profit accrediting body which was established in 1965. CHAP accreditation publicly certifies that an organization has voluntarily met the highest standards of excellence for home and/or community-based health care.

CHAP Accreditation Requirements

To earn and maintain CHAP accreditation, an organization must have an extensive on-site review by a team of CHAP healthcare professionals, at the time of initial accreditation and at least once every three years. To become accredited for home medical equipment, an organization must have policies and procedures that cover:

Organization Structure & Function
Program/Service Operations
Fiscal Management
Personnel Management
Client Service/Care Management
Quality Outcomes/Improvement
Risk Management: Infection Control & Safety Control
Scope of Services

Mandatory Accreditation

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has set 2007 as the date for which all providers must be accredited. If an organization wants to participate in Medicare or Medicaid services and wants to participate in the competitive bidding process, accreditation is no longer an option. Becoming accredited is essential to organizational survival and the only way to win contracts from larger third-party payors.

Simplifying the Burden

The POPMANUAL is a comprehensive solution for meeting the CHAP's accreditation requirements. By simply answering a series of questions, a custom manual can be immediately made available for you to download. The average customized manual contains:

84 Detailed Policies
109 Customized Forms
Written Job Descriptions
Patient Education Sheets
Equipment Procedural Checklists
Corporate Compliance Manual (Optional)
Employee Handbook (Optional)

Taking it for a spin

The policies on POPMANUAL.com have been helping companies become accredited for more than 15 years. CHAP accreditation requirements are very specific and burdensome. Building a customized manual that exceeds their written standards will save you $20,000 - $40,000 over writing them yourself. If you would like to see how the policies on POPMANUAL.com function, click the Test Drive button below to see it build a custom policy for you.