List of healthcare accreditation organizations in the United States

The following organisations survey and accredit hospitals and healthcare organisations in the USA.

A number have deeming power for Medicare and Medicaid.

• Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
• The Joint Commission (TJC)
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
• Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP)
• Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
• The Compliance Team, "Exemplary Provider Programs"
• Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA)
• DNV Healthcare
• Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)

Contents 1 Education accreditation 1.1 Emergency management 1.2 Medicine 1.3 Nursing 1.4 Respiratory care 1.5 Surgery 1.6 Therapeutics 2 References

Education accreditation

Emergency management

• National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)

Medicine

• Federation of State Medical Boards
• National Board of Medical Examiners

Nursing

• National Council of State Boards of Nursing

College of Nursing accreditation

• National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

Advanced practice nursing college accreditation

• American College of Nurse-Midwives
• Council of Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs

Respiratory care

College of respiratory care accreditation

• Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care

Non-governmental credentialing bodies

• National Board for Respiratory Care

Surgery

• Association of Surgical Technologists

Therapeutics

• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.apta.com