- Title
- Approval of the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities’ (AAAASFs’) Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Accreditation Program
- Memo #
- 12-33-AO
- Posting Date
- 2012-05-25
- Fiscal Year
- 2012
- Summary
- Accreditation Organization (AO) Deeming Approval for RHCs: • The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recognized AAAASF as a national AO with an approved accreditation program for RHCs seeking to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. • This approval provides RHCs with an accreditation option which previously did not exist.
