ACHC to Offer Sleep Lab Accreditation

RALEIGH, N.C.–The Accreditation Commission for Health Care, has
announced a new sleep lab accreditation program.
 
One of 10 accrediting bodies approved for DMEPOS accreditation by
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ACHC’s sleep lab
program was created specifically for freestanding and
hospital-based sleep labs “and includes the clinical aspect
of patient care focusing on the testing of a patient,”
according to a release.
 
In recent years, the organization has introduced accreditation
programs for specialty pharmacy, fitter services, rehabilitation
technology supplier services, medical supply provider services and
respiratory nebulizer medication programs. Earlier this year, CMS
reapproved ACHC for a six-year term—the longest period of
time that an accreditor can be approved—in accreditation of
home health agencies.
 
ACHC was founded in 1986.