Home Health

As the first accrediting body in home healthcare, CHAP is the recognized leader in Home Health Accreditation, with more Medicare-certified home health providers than any other accrediting body recognized by CMS.

CHAP’s guidance, education, and resources are crucial to providers as they deliver the best patient care.

G-tags are built in to make the standards themselves easy to cross reference to CMS regulations or state operations manuals. Clear Evidence Guidelines tell you how the CHAP site visitor is going to evaluate compliance, giving you peace of mind.

Telehealth and remote monitoring are included in the standards, without an add-on expense, enabling you to set up your program accordingly.

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.

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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.

Four Step Process

The better the accreditation process, the faster you can continue the level of care that is so important to your mission. We strive to minimize the disruption and streamline the preparation so you can focus on what matters most.

Application & Agreement

Complete the online agreement and decide payment options

Preparation & Readiness

Prepare for visit and participate in readiness call

On-Site Survey

A patient-centered, partner-focused survey experience

Accreditation Determination

Agencies receive their approved accreditation or plan of correction

No Hidden Fees

Our pricing includes everything you need—no annual fees, no surprise costs, no charge for standards.

No Interest Installment Plan

To ease upfront costs, CHAP offers a structured installment plan. This plan allows you to begin the accreditation process without a large initial payment, so you can start billing for patient care sooner.

Simple Payment Options

CHAP offers straightforward payment choices to make budgeting easier, including an installment plan that helps reduce upfront costs.

Get My Pricing

Tell us a bit about your organization, and we’ll provide a clear, customized quote—no hidden fees, no pressure.

Get My Pricing

Understanding Accreditation Cost

Earn an Age-Friendly Care at Home Certification with your Certification

Impact clinician satisfaction and retention, reduce cost of care, and align with quality referral sources without a costly investment.

1. When applying for certification, select the box for age-friendly care. There is no cost for adding your age-friendly care certification to your accreditation.

2. Review the resources, standards, and learning modules. The AFC-CP individual certification is also available. (Learning modules can be downloaded and used in your company’s LMS free of charge.)

3. As part of your site visit for certification, you will be inspected for executing the 4 M’s framework of Age-Friendly Health Systems and the eight additional CHAP Age-Friendly Standards.

4. Use your Credly Age-friendly Digital Badge and Certificate to market your Certification and connect with over 2,900 health systems.

Earn a Pediatric Care Certification with your Accreditation

Enhance pediatric care quality, elevate clinician satisfaction, and secure quality referral sources without incurring additional costs.

1. When applying for accreditation, select the box for pediatric care. There is no cost for adding your pediatric care certification to your accreditation.

2. Review the resources and standards.

3. As part of your site visit for accreditation, you will be inspected for executing the pediatric care standards.

4. Use your Pediatric Care Digital Badge and Certificate to market your Certification and connect with healthcare systems.

Compliance Monitor

Your source for federal updates, explained by Dr. Jennifer Kennedy.

Stay Compliant

Planning for Accreditation Costs in Home Health

For home health agencies, accreditation costs are as much about the fee itself as about timing, readiness, and avoidable delays. Understanding how admissions volume, locations, and survey readiness affect pricing can help you plan without carrying unnecessary overhead.

Learn how home health accreditation costs are structured.