Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
{{Short description|U.S. not-for-profit organization}}
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) is a not-for-profit organization meant to help healthcare organizations maintain their standards in patient care and comply with regulations and the healthcare environment.{{cite web |url=http://www.hfap.org/mediacenter/NAMSS%20Synergy%20JanFeb09_Accreditation%20Grid.pdf|title= NAMSS, Synergy, The Big Three: A Side by Side Matrix Comparing Hospital Accrediting Agencies}} Headquartered in Chicago, HFAP is an accreditation organization with authority from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
HFAP provides accreditation programs for hospitals, clinical laboratories, ambulatory surgical centers, office based surgery, and critical access hospitals. HFAP also accredits mental health and physical rehabilitation facilities and provides certification for primary stroke centers.{{cite web|url=http://www.hfap.org/about/overview.aspx |title=HFAP Mission |publisher=Hfap.org |date= |accessdate=2012-11-16}} HFAP was founded in 1943 by the American Osteopathic Association, a medical organization representing osteopathic physicians.
History
HFAP was established in 1943 by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and began surveying hospitals in 1945.{{cite web|title=Accreditation|url=http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/accreditation/Pages/default.aspx|publisher=American Osteopathic Association|accessdate=18 August 2014}} Initially, HFAP provided osteopathic hospitals with accreditation ensuring osteopathic residents received appropriate training. In the mid-1960s the United States Congress decided that accredited hospitals would meet conditions set for participation, and thus automatically participated in newly established Medicare and Medicaid programs. HFAP quickly applied for and was granted said status{{cite web |url= http://www.namss.org/MemberCenter/emSynergyem/tabid/74/Default.aspx |title= NAMSS, Synergy, The Quiet Accreditor, May/June 2007}} in 1965.{{cite web|last1=Kenney|first1=Lynn|title=Hospital accrediting organizations offer different approaches to the survey process |url=http://www.ashe.org/resources/ashenews/2013/hosp_ao_article_131011.html#.U_IpMGNTGSo |publisher=American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association|access-date=2014-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429134348/http://www.ashe.org/resources/ashenews/2013/hosp_ao_article_131011.html#.U_IpMGNTGSo|archive-date=2015-04-29|url-status=dead}} By 2012, HFAP accredited about 214 hospitals in the US. In 2015, ownership of HFAP moved from the AOA to the Accreditation Association for Hospitals/Health Systems (AAHHS).{{cite web |title=Longtime accrediting organization to keep its name, continue to expand |url=http://www.hcpro.com/ACC-331310-16/Longtime-accrediting-organization-to-keep-its-name-continue-to-expand.html |website=HC Pro |publisher=Simplify Compliance |accessdate=June 1, 2018 |archive-date=April 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409010134/http://www.hcpro.com/ACC-331310-16/Longtime-accrediting-organization-to-keep-its-name-continue-to-expand.html |url-status=dead }}
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Further reading
- {{cite web|title=Comparison of Joint Commission and Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) Emergency-Related Standards for Hospitals|url=https://www.healthlawyers.org/Members/PracticeGroups/THAMC/EmergencyPreparednessToolkit/Documents/VIII_Certification/B_JCHealthcareFacilitiesAccreditationProgramEDPRequirements.pdf|publisher=American Health Lawyers Association}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Barabas|first1=MC|title=Healthcare facilities accreditation program: the recognized alternative to the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations.|journal=JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation|date=Sep 2002|volume=4|issue=3|pages=48–9|doi=10.1097/00128488-200209000-00002|pmid=12352575}}
External links
- [https://www.hfap.org/ The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program]
Category:Healthcare accreditation organizations in the United States
Category:Medicare and Medicaid (United States)
Category:Non-profit organizations based in Chicago
Category:1943 establishments in the United States
Category:Osteopathic medical associations in the United States
Category:Organizations established in 1943
Category:Medical and health professional associations in Chicago