21st Century Health Care Consultants
Accreditation for New and Existing Agencies
Our Process for Accreditation
Ask about our no risk guaranty and find out how 100% of our agencies have achieved Medicare, Medicaid and Private Duty Accreditation.

Thank You for your interest in achieving Medicare, Medicaid and Private Duty Accreditation.

We would like to work with you in preparing for and achieving these goals for your organization.

We have successfully guided hundreds of agencies just like yours through this process. Listed below is what we provide.

Our service, along with your commitment to be the best, will enable you to achieve Certification and Accreditation.

Health Care Accreditation

Click here for the description of the Self Studies

Preparation of three (CHAP, Joint Commission or ACHC) manuals, which for your agency will consist of the Core and Home Health sections (all required Core and Home Health Self Study organizational data, organizational
questions and attachments).


Click here for the description of the Policies


Click here for the description of the Personnel Files
In/Services Contents


Click here for the description of the Outcome Based

Click here for the description of the Admission Packet Contents

  • Provided as per CHAP, Joint Commission or ACHC Standards of policies and procedures customized
    for your agency including:
  • Administrative Policies
  • Patient Care Policies
  • Personnel Policies
  • Financial Management Policies
  • Job Descriptions
  • Performance Evaluations
  • Infection Control
  • Safety ManagementS
  • Emergency Disaster
  • Outcome Based Quality Improvement Plan
  • All are as required by the State, Medicare and accrediting body.
  • Outcome Based Quality Improvement Manuals
  • Infection Control Manuals
  • Disaster Preparedness Manuals
  • Safety Manuals
  • Patient Care/Agency Documents and Forms
  • Advanced Directives
  • Patient Admission Packet
  • Home Health Aide In-services
  • Home Health Agency Logs
  • Provided as per Medicare Standards, all customized for your agency
 

Quality Assurance Audit as per Medicare Standards of:

  • Clinical Records (when available)
  • Instruction in documentation requirements
  • Setting of agency as well as individualized measurable goals.
 

Personnel Records as per Medicare Standards .

Preparation as per Medicare Standards of your agency Strategic Plan.

A diskette of Home Health Aide In-services.

 

Implementation, as per Medicare Standards of
Agency Disclosure/Conflict of Interest Statements:

  • Board of Directors meetings
  • Professional Advisory Committee meetings
  • Outcome Based Quality Improvement (OBQI)
  • Clinical Record Review Committee meetings
  • Ethics Committee meetings
  • Safety Committee meetings
  • Budget Committee meetings as needed.
 

Guidance in preparation of minutes of the above meetings to conform with Medicare Standards.

Your Agency's Capital Expenditure Plan and Three Year budget.

ON-SITE Mock accreditation audit (Our competitive edge)
Agency on-site audit includes a complete review of Agency operation and of the Medicare/Accreditation Site Survey and Auditng Procedures that will be performed by the accrediting body.

 

Ongoing support - Telephone consultations:

  • Before the Site Visit.
  • During the Site Visit
  • After the Site Visit
  • Other guidance as appropriate.
 
The accreditation process is an ongoing one that must be the focus of your agency on a continual basis in order for
you to achieve and retain accreditation. We will prepare you for and help set up a monthly review of quality
improvement indicators, twice yearly meetings of the Professional Advisory Committee, quarterly meetings of the
Clinical Record Review and OBQI Committees and yearly meetings of the Board of Directors. We will teach you how to prepare your minutes for these meetings.