The Compliance Team
DMEPOS Retailer Certification
There is a potential gap in quality for
retailers that are not billing Medicare and
so are not required to attain CMS-approved
DMEPOS accreditation. From the retailer
perspective, this certification program helps
standardize quality processes and services
at a DMEPOS organization, ensuring safety
for a provider’s customers. From the customer’s
perspective, the certification enables
them to make better choices when buying
online or in the provider’s store. They see
the Exemplary Provider Certification logo on
a provider’s website or in their store window
and feel secure that a provider’s processes
have been certified by a nationally recognized
third party.
Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC)
Accreditation. Certification. Confidence For All.
The Board of Certification/Accreditation
(BOC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization
that supports quality patient care by
offering Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS)-deemed accreditation for
businesses and highly valued DMEPOS certifications
for professionals.
Accredit a DME/HME Facility with BOC.
BOC provides guidance from experts to
DME and HME suppliers seeking to earn or
maintain accreditation—from application
to site survey to reaccreditation. BOC offers
in-person and expedited site surveys and is
recognized by Medicare, the Department
of Veterans Affairs, and other third-party
payers. Plus, BOC-accredited businesses
receive personalized assistance as their
business grows, making it easy to add new
product categories in compliance with CMS
policies and standards.
Reassign an Accreditation with BOC.
BOC’s in-house reassignment experts are
available to answer questions and provide
support throughout the reassignment
process.
Earn a Professional Certification with
BOC. Becoming certified as a provider or
employing certified professionals not only
differentiates an HME business from the
competition, but also supports compliance
with Medicare Human Resource Quality
Standards. Get certified as a BOC durable
medical equipment specialist (CDME).
BOC credentials assure patients, physicians,
government agencies/representatives
and the public at large of the competence,
professionalism and safe practices
followed by BOC-certified professionals and
BOC-accredited businesses. With national
renown and ten prestigious Stevie Awards
earned for innovation and outstanding
customer service, BOC is committed to
ensuring its standards of excellence are
mirrored in every area of service.
Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC)
Credential
Credential program aims to help DME/HME professionals boost their career
Offered by BOC for DME/HME
providers and medical equipment
professionals, this credential
demonstrates an industry professional’s knowledge and expertise
in the DME/HME field, from prescription verification to billing
and documentation. Seasoned DME professionals who meet the
prerequisites can apply and take the exam right away.
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
Medicare Accreditation
Accreditation services that add value to HME provider businesses
With a long experience providing Medicare accreditation in HME, ACHC is introducing
packages that help providers to select the
resources they need to meet standards
for quality and safety while building their
business. Resources include on-demand
employee training, policy review, and
customized education sessions with
Education + Accreditation.
Allegiance Group
COLLECTPlus
Accreditation program helps clinical respiratory providers drive better outcomes
COLLECTPlus is a patient pay billing and
collection solution for the HME industry.
COLLECTPlus drives cash recovery and staff
efficiency with billing and collection workflows
customized to meet specific business
needs. COLLECTPlus integrates with your
billing software and offers a management
dashboard, patient payment portal and
domestic call center services. The portal
provides patient payment and communication
options with account access for self-management.
The dashboard creates at-a-glance
transparency for critical performance reporting.
The Compliance Team
DMEPOS Certification
Program offers DMEPOS certification for non-Medicare providers
The Compliance Team’s newest certification
program is set up as a quality assurance
program for online DMEPOS suppliers who
are not billing Medicare. This new certification
helps standardize quality processes at
the DMEPOS organization and ensures safety
for their patients. Certification acts as quality
validation to the company’s online and mail
order customers that the supplier has been
certified by an independent, third party.
DMEPOS certification differs from DMEPOS
accreditation in that certification covers only
those aspects of the business that are directly
related to intake and delivery. Cerification is
for two years.
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
Clinical Respiratory Patient Management and Custom Mobility
ACHC launches two new DMEPOS accreditation distinctions
National accreditor Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has
launched two accreditation distinctions for
DMEPOS organizations, offering comprehensive
solutions to increasing demands for
accountability and better patient care. The
distinction in Clinical Respiratory Patient
Management puts emphasis on a collaborative,
teams-based approach that encompasses
assessment, treatment, documentation,
and education to enhance quality of
life and reduce hospital readmissions. The
distinction in Custom Mobility focuses on
responsive care and services that improve
activities of daily living and quality of life for
patients requiring mobility support.
The Compliance Team
Patient Centered Respiratory Home
Accreditation standards designed for respiratory providers
Patient-Centered Respiratory Home (PCRH)
is a proprietary accreditation that sets in
place quality standards that guide clinical
respiratory providers to better engage with
chronic care patients. Better outcomes are
driven through additional care planning and
focused follow-up visits with program goals
being three-fold: address poor respiratory
care management; decrease emergency
department visits; lower the number of
hospital readmissions. PCRH’s standards
enhance patient management practices
through concise measures that cover access
issues, provider coordination, and communication
between respiratory specialists and
prescribers.
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
Distinction in Clinical Respiratory Patient Management
New distinctions for DMEPOSaccredited providers
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has developed two new
distinctions for DMEPOS-accredited
organizations. The Distinction in Clinical Respiratory Patient Management, a recognition that allows
providers to demonstrate expertise in managing respiratory conditions,
and the Distinction in Custom Mobility, a designation that recognizes
first-rate providers of custom mobility products, will further help
providers demonstrate their commitment to patients’ quality of life.
Each of these distinctions is available to providers accredited under
the ACHC DMEPOS program.