Accreditation news and information

Not-for-profit hospitals on the whole will see a slight dip in credit ratings this year before ratings stabilize, according to Standard & Poor's annual outlook for the sector.
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URAC, a Washington-based healthcare measurement association, has released its revised claims processing accreditation standards. It also announced that its CEO will leave next month.
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The Joint Commission replaced its accreditation program for long-term-care facilities with one that includes new patient-centered care standards and a certification option for specialty services.
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Language Line Services, a Monterey, Calif., provider of phone-based interpretation and translation services to healthcare, manufacturing and other industries, has acquired Dallas-based competitor Pacific Interpreters in a deal that Language Line Services says will form the largest provider of...
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Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, a Houston physician group, is the first healthcare provider to be accredited as an accountable care organization by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, according to a news release.
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A traveling hospital worker accused of stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C through contaminated syringes faces new federal charges in New Hampshire.
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care won approval from the CMS to continue through December 2018 as an accrediting body for ambulatory surgery centers.
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National rates of childhood immunizations have “flatlined” since a 2009 downturn, according to an annual survey of health plans.
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The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine are pursuing a unified system—to be ready by July 2015—for accrediting osteopathic graduate medical education programs.
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Compounding pharmacies may face more regulations as lawmakers and stakeholders continue to question federal and state oversight of the Massachusetts pharmacy confirmed as responsible for the multistate fungal meningitis outbreak.
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