Our Process for Accreditation
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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

12 Reasons

Why 21st Century should be the first choice when it comes to hiring a consultant?

1. 21st Century’s core personnel are former Accrediting Body Senior Site Supervisors.

2.Our only business is accreditation.

3.We pride ourselves in having the most comprehensive and effective training program in the industry.

      •  We train your staff to eliminate deficiencies and pass their Site-Survey inspection.

4.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 Auditing Procedures that will be performed by the accrediting body.

5.Quality assurance audit review of personnel records as per Accreditation Standard.

6. Quarterly review of two patient charts until agency is surveyed for Medicare accreditation.

7. Lifetime training support, offsite at our Training facilities (optional).

8.Consultant assigned to assist you (remotely) during State and Medicare surveys.

9.We provide unrestricted telephone consultation.

       •  Before the Site Visit
       •  During the Site Visit
       •  After the Site Visit

10.As our client list is large and at least one of our agencies is always being surveyed. The feedback that we receive concerning changing standards is passed on to you.

11. Invitation to attend our (OBQI) yearly conference held for our agencies.

12. We provided you with everything you will need to attain Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Pay 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 or Preliminary Evidence Reports).

Click here for the description of the Policies
       •  Ten customized Policies and Procedures  (compliant with State, Federal and Accrediting Body standards)

         Administrative Policies
          Patient Care Policies
          Personnel Policies
          Financial Management Policies
          Job Descriptions
          Performance Evaluations
          Infection Control
          Safety Management
          Emergency Disaster
          Outcome Based Quality Improvement Plan

Click here for the description of the Admission Packet Contents
        •  Admission packet, Patient information booklet, Admission forms, Advanced directives

Click here for the description of the Personnel Files, In/Services Contents
        •  Human resources / Personnel files

        •  Competency evaluations, Job Descriptions, Performance evaluations

        •  Employee handbook

        •  Annual evaluation

        •  Teaching guides

        •  Committee minutes  for all seven committees as per accreditation Standards : 

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.

        •  Nursing Procedures

Home Health Agency Logs
Sample Forms
Home Health Aide In-services Education Plans
Capital Expenditure Plan and Three-Year Budget

Click here for the description of the Outcome Based
        •  Outcome Based Quality Improvement Plan

        •  Strategic plan