Community Health Accreditation Partner, Inc., (CHAP) announced today that Center for Hospice Care (CHC) has been awarded CHAP Accreditation under the CHAP Hospice Standards of Excellence. CHAP Accreditation demonstrates that Center for Hospice Care meets the industry's highest nationally recognized standards. The rigorous evaluation by CHAP focuses on structure and function, quality of services and products, human and financial resources, and long-term viability. Simply stated, adherence to CHAP's standards lead to better quality care.
“By achieving CHAP Accreditation, Center for Hospice Care has shown a commitment to excellence,” said Nathan DeGodt, CHAP President & CEO. “We are excited to begin our partnership with Center for Hospice Care by offering support in its commitment to providing quality care and continuous improvement.” CHC provides a variety of services including but not limited to, hospice, home health, grief counseling, and community education to patients and their families to nine counties in Northern Indiana.
CHAP is an independent, not-for-profit, accrediting body for community-based health care organizations. Created in 1965, CHAP was the first to recognize the need and value for accreditation in community-based care. CHAP is the oldest national, community-based accrediting body with more than 9,000 agencies currently accredited nationwide. Through “deeming authority” granted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CHAP has the regulatory authority to survey agencies providing home health, hospice, and home medical equipment services, to determine if they meet the Medicare Conditions of Participation and CMS Quality Standards. CHAP’s purpose is to define and advance the highest standards of community-based care.
For more information about the CHAP accreditation process, please visit the CHAP website at www.chapinc.org. For additional information on CHAP, please contact Teresa Harbour, Senior Vice President, Accreditation, at 202.467.1701, or teresa.harbour@chapinc.org. For additional information, contact Craig Harrell at 574.243.3711.
About Center for Hospice Care
Center for Hospice Care is a community based, not-for-profit organization, improving the quality of living through hospice, home health, grief counseling, and community education. Put simply, our mission is “to improve the quality of living” for those in our community through our support of Center for Hospice Care, an organization that helps patients and their loved ones experience the best possible quality of living even as they face end of life.
