The Joint Commission: Ensuring Quality in Healthcare
The Joint Commission plays a significant role in promoting quality in healthcare through their accreditation process.
June 22, 2023
Explore our healthcare blog containing crucial medical malpractice trends and key updates in the healthcare industry encompass a range of critical areas including Medical Professional Liability Insurance (MPLI) trends and changes in medical malpractice, advancements in primary source verification processes, and significant developments in provider enrollment and credentialing practices.
The Joint Commission plays a significant role in promoting quality in healthcare through their accreditation process.
This article explores the accreditation standards set by the Joint Commission (JC), Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and URAC.
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NCQA standards seek to create lower costs and a better patient experience. NCQA Credentialing Accreditation bolsters the measurement, transparency, and accountability each credentialed organization must display.
Delegated provider enrollment (delegated credentialing) utilizes assigned agreements to expedite and simplify the entire enrollment process for the provider.
Joint Commission defines Primary Source Verification as the “verification of an individual practitioner’s reported qualifications by the original source or an approved agent of that source.”
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