Category: CARF

If your organization is ready to apply for a CARF® survey, it is important to know and understand the accreditation steps provided by the official standards manuals. In many cases, organizations will have to spend a year or more preparing for the survey of their facilities and organization as well as provide ongoing improvement updates … Read More "How Do You Obtain CARF® Accreditation?"

As a seal of approval that states your organization has successfully passed an in-depth review, CARF® Accreditation lets the persons you serve know that you are committed to providing the best service available at the highest quality possible. But when should you begin preparing for your survey? CARF® Accreditation is about more than just displaying … Read More "When Should You Seek CARF® Accreditation?"

CARF® 101 – Preparing for Successful Accreditation http://www.CARF.org/Events/CARF®101s/ The CARF® 101 series is offered at various locations across the United States and Canada, throughout the year. The classes take place over a two day period.  The 101 classes are best suited for individuals that are undecided which accrediting body to choose, those preparing for their … Read More "CARF® Provided Education"

Workplace Violence Prevention CARF® standards require that all personnel receive training for workplace violence, upon hire and at least annually. Accreditation Now (www.accreditationnow.com) provides two training protocols for your workplace violence prevention program which may be completed electronically or through hard-copy instruction.  Custom trainings should be implemented that address the needs of your specific organization. … Read More "Workplace Violence Prevention"

List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) What CARF® Accredited Organizations Must Know The Office of Inspector General (OIG) fights waste fraud and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid and more than 100 other U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs. The OIG maintains a list of excluded individuals/entities (LEIE).  The OIG enforces the exclusion program under … Read More "List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)"

Hiring Practices The CARF® manual defines personnel, working in the Behavioral Health, Child and Youth Services, or Opioid Treatment programs, as individuals who provide services in a program on a part- or full-time basis as staff members, independent contractors, volunteers, students, trainees, or interns.  Therefore, stringent hiring practices are needed for all of these categories. … Read More "Hiring Practices"