Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation
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The Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA) is a US
not-for-profit
health care
accrediting body and is an alternative to the Accreditation Commission for Health Care
and Joint Commission. The organization provides an accreditation option specifically designed with the durable medical equipment
(DME).
Headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa
, HQAA was developed following passage of the Medicare Modernization Act
of 2003. It has been awarded Medicare
deeming status for DME accreditation
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
not-for-profit
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
accrediting body and is an alternative to the Accreditation Commission for Health Care
Accreditation Commission for Health Care
The Accreditation Commission for Health Care is a US non-profit health care accrediting organization. It represents an alternative to the Joint Commission....
and Joint Commission. The organization provides an accreditation option specifically designed with the durable medical equipment
Durable medical equipment
Durable medical equipment is a term of art used to describe any medical equipment used in the home to aid in a better quality of living. It is a benefit included in most insurances. In some cases certain Medicare benefits, that is, whether Medicare may pay for the item...
(DME).
Headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa
Waterloo, Iowa
Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population decreased by 0.5% to 68,406. Waterloo is part of the Waterloo – Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the more populous of the two...
, HQAA was developed following passage of the Medicare Modernization Act
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act is a federal law of the United States, enacted in 2003. It produced the largest overhaul of Medicare in the public health program's 38-year history.The MMA was signed by President George W...
of 2003. It has been awarded Medicare
Medicare (United States)
Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over; to those who are under 65 and are permanently physically disabled or who have a congenital physical disability; or to those who meet other...
deeming status for DME accreditation
Accreditation
Accreditation is a process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented.Organizations that issue credentials or certify third parties against official standards are themselves formally accredited by accreditation bodies ; hence they are sometimes known as "accredited...
.
See also
- Hospital accreditationHospital accreditationHospital accreditation has been defined as “A self-assessment and external peer assessment process used by health care organizations to accurately assess their level of performance in relation to established standards and to implement ways to continuously improve”...
- International healthcare accreditationInternational healthcare accreditationDue to the near-universal desire for quality healthcare, there is a growing interest in international healthcare accreditation. Providing healthcare, especially of an adequate standard, is a complex and challenging process...
- List of healthcare accreditation organisations in the USA
- Patient safetyPatient safetyPatient safety is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often leads to adverse healthcare events. The frequency and magnitude of avoidable adverse patient events was not well known until the 1990s, when multiple countries reported...
- Patient safety organizationPatient safety organizationA patient safety organization is a group, institution or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors. In the 1990s, reports in several countries revealed a staggering number of patient injuries and deaths each year due to avoidable adverse health care events...