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In the field of behavioral health, accreditation and licensing stand as paramount pillars of professionalism, quality, and trustworthiness. Accreditation, typically granted by recognized institutions, like the Joint Commission and CARF, ensures that behavioral health facilities meet rigorous standards of care, emphasizing evidence-based practices and continuous quality improvement.
State licensing, on the other hand, ensures that practitioners/providers have undergone requisite education, training, and evaluations to competently serve their patients. Together, they offer a safeguard for patients, ensuring that they receive care that is both effective and ethical. When seeking behavioral health services, accreditation and licensing offer a benchmark of excellence, reinforcing the commitment of providers to deliver care that prioritizes the well-being and safety of patients.
The Joint Commission’s standards of compliance are extensive and complex. For a Behavioral Healthcare Organization to earn the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval, they must demonstrate operational excellence in several areas, to ultimatley hold your organization to a higher level of quality and safety.
What We Do
Simplifyance™ evaluates your organization’s current compliance activities and documentation and provide a library of resources to supplement existing compliance materials. We work with your leadership team to customize a detailed plan that fully prepares your organization for the Joint Commission’s initial or reaccreditation survey. We assist in the creation of required policies and procedures, provide survey preparation consultation, provide support during the survey, and assist with post-survey requirements, including submission of the Evidence of Standards Compliance (ESC).
Behavioral Healthcare organizations seeking to obtain CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) accreditation must demonstrate compliance with the regulatory standards. CARF standards are extensive and complex, but will ultimately hold your organization to a higher level of quality and safety.
What We Do
Simplifyance™ evaluates your organization’s current compliance activities and documentation and provide a library of resources to supplement existing compliance materials. We work with your leadership team to customize a detailed plan that fully prepares your organization for CARF's initial or reaccreditation survey. We assist in the creation of required policies and procedures, provide survey preparation consultation, provide support during the survey, and assist with post-survey requirements.
To obtain state licensure, organizations must develop and represent detailed policies and procedures outlining how they will operate each department. State-approved policies and procedures must cover areas from human resources management to policies and procedures describing the specific modality of clinical care provided.
What We Do
Simplifyance™ works with your leadership team to customize a detailed plan that will give you the necessary amount of confidence to apply for and earn a state license. Our process begins with an assessment that will identify the exact steps your organization must take to meet the state’s criteria for licensure. Drawing from years of experience, Simplifyance™ can support your organization in developing policies and procedures to meet state-specific regulations, develop human resources materials for the staff of the facility, provide onsite or virtual support during licensing visit, and correct any findings and submit evidence of current compliance to receive full licensure.