Home Medical Equipment
In HME, service, quality, and consistency are crucial. Common-sense standards that help strengthen providers – instead of giving them more hurdles – helps them to succeed.
CHAP’s guidance, education, and resources are crucial to providers as they deliver the best patient care.
We pulled together thought leaders from across the industry and redesigned our HME/DMEPOS standards to give agencies options that align with their state requirements. These new standards support agencies where they are and provide them the playbook for growth.
We listened to our customers and streamlined our HME/DMEPOS Standards, making it easier to identify what standards apply to them, while maintaining a simplistic format. These standards have been refined from two manuals with a total of 159 pages of standards and guidance to one manual with 58 pages which continue to provide guidance.
Every standard as written has accompanying evidence guidelines that any provider can follow to understand what CHAP will specifically be looking for during a Site Visit.
Our standards and site visits focus on patient care and the connection to the Conditions of Participation. Unlike other standards – they start at patient care, and work towards policies and procedures.
You can expect an educational and collaborative survey experience. When you submit readiness, we host a Final Readiness Call, for your organization helping you prepare with confidence. We will walk through your readiness checklist to lower your stress and create a great survey experience.
Deemed or Non-Deemed, the choice is yours.
CHAP holds deeming authority from CMS, allowing its surveys to substitute for federal and state inspections, making accredited agencies eligible for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement where applicable.
Your CHAP Team
Accreditation Specialist
The Accreditation Specialist delivers timely and responsive customer support to organizations seeking initial and continuing accreditation.
Director of Accreditation
The Director of Accreditation is responsible for ensuring consistent application of accreditation standards, Site Visitor selection and retention, and the satisfaction of our accredited organizations.
Site Visitors
Our team of experienced site visitors plans, organizes, coordinates, and conducts the accreditation site visit in accordance with CMS-approved CHAP policies and procedures governing the accreditation process.