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How Much Does CARF® Accreditation Cost?

As an investment in the future of your company, CARF® accreditation is way to assure the public that your organization is committed to enhance the quality of your service or programs while continuing to focus on the satisfaction of all person’s served. Because a CARF® survey is competitively priced against other accreditation options, you can be sure that your investment is providing the best return possible to meet the goals of your business. In this article, we will examine both a general CARF® accreditation cost as well as some options to help simply the process.

In most cases, refining your policies and procedures for a CARF® accreditation survey will take anywhere from 9 months to one year to prepare for. Throughout this time, many businesses will work with a CARF® consultant, although most businesses will have the support and resources needed to successfully refine their policies and procedures through services like Accreditation Now. Through this service, businesses and organizations have the ability to utilize policies and procedures that have been written to coincide with CARF® standards and implement them with the help of several types of reporting systems. This ultimately saves not only time for organizations seeking accreditation, but it also cuts down on the CARF® accreditation cost by ensuring you are ready for your survey the first time.

Any business interested in CARF® accreditation will need to contact CARF® directly for pricing information. Since this amount can fluctuate, it’s hard for us to provide a direct cost associated with the process at any given time. However, as a general rule, there is a fixed fee that is paired with the number of surveyors needed plus the number of days the survey will take to complete. In addition to these costs, businesses or organizations seeking CARF® accreditation will also need to purchase a CARF® manual that varies in price based on the type of accreditation you are seeking.

As you can see, there are many different factors that go into the overall CARF® accreditation cost. While the CARF® accreditation cost varies depending on your needs, we hope that the information in this article gives you a start point to begin your budgeting. For more information, please reach out to us through the CARF® 101 Forum, our contact page, or visit Accreditation Now to learn more about our convenient solutions to simplify the process.

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Southern Ohio Behavioral Health has been using Accreditation Now for many years and have found it to be a wonderful service when preparing for national accreditation. We began using the service prior to our 2006 CARF® accreditation survey. Having never gone through a CARF® survey I was very concerned about how to prepare and how to meet all of the policy standards. I discovered that Accreditation Now offered guidance and assistance that allowed us to easily check our current policies and procedures for compliance as well as draft new policies that would meet CARF® approval. I credit Accreditation Now for the excellent marks we received on the 2006 survey.
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Dr. W. Michael DowdySouthern Ohio Behavioral Health, Ironton, Ohio
Hello, RRRC just received notice of a three year certification from the CARF® review held on Oct. 15 and 16, 2015. The assistance from your web-site was highly valuable! I plan on continuing to use the resources provided by Accreditation Now!
Nancy Thompson
Nancy ThompsonRose Rock Recovery Center, Vinita, Oklahoma
We were beginning our CARF® accreditation process and did not have the infrastructure in place that Accreditation Now provided. Accreditation Now gives us the ability to track trainings, complaints, surveys, etc. To develop spreadsheets and maintain them would have taken and continued to take a lot of work hours. The data we pull from Accreditation Now is appreciated by all of our surveyors. We would absolutely recommend Accreditation Now to others and we have.
John Nosacka
John NosackaCapital Area Human Services District, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
We chose Accreditation Now as an aid for accreditation as a mechanism to aid in quality control and a quick way to orient new staff in the required domains of CARF® standards. The program allows for documentation and comparative performance over time and provides a timely reminder of performance aspects related to CARF® but more importantly to ensure quality services to clients. We have experienced more timely paperwork, quality assurance, and over time our ability to tune our services and be more aware of client parent and feedback form referrals. Accreditation Now represents an investment and (relative to the cost) is a very worthwhile investment for smaller agencies in particular. Their staff is personable, helpful and approachable and turnaround for assistance is very reasonable.
Robert Kissner
Robert KissnerFocus Foundation of BC, White Rock, British Columbia
When I was asked to write about my experience with Accreditation Now, I immediately said yes! Accreditation Now has designed software that has made my business run more smoothly, increase revenue, improve productivity, and gain efficiency. It has tremendously changed the way I am able to provide Behavioral Health Services. As a current CARF® Surveyor and CARF® Accredited business owner, I utilize the updates, resources, training, and software system to support the daily needs of my staff and clients. I am able to update policies, train staff, and maintain compliancy in multiple areas.
Ashlee Day
Ashlee DayA New Day Counseling, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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CARF® is a registered trademark of the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. AccreditationInfo.com is hosted and maintained by Accreditation Now, Inc. as a public resource for organizations interested or looking to maintain CARF® accreditation. Accreditation Now, Inc. is not a partner or affiliated with CARF® in any way.