The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is an agency that sets health standards and accredits healthcare providers. The nonprofit organization is one of the most prominent, respected healthcare accreditation agencies in the United States. To even be considered for reimbursement through Medicare or Medicaid, an organization must be accredited by JCAHO.

To remain in JCAHO compliance, heathcare organizations must undergo regular on-site inspections, conduct thorough background checks and adhere to certain standards of conduct to keep their accreditation. JCAHO investigators inspect organizations in patient-focused areas like infection control and patient rights as well as organizational areas like human resources and environment of care.

Since 1951, the Joint Commission’s goal has been to improve the overall quality of care available to patients. To do this, they have incorporated standards like measuring patient fatality rates and requiring that all healthcare personnel who have contact with patients go through healthcare background checks.

The Joint Commission updates their standards every year and makes them available online. And while they used to announce their inspections, investigators now make random visits. Because of this, healthcare organizations need to constantly make sure that they remain in JCAHO compliance.

How can Corporate Screening’s pre-employment screening and healthcare background checks help you remain JCAHO-compliant?

Corporate Screening’s healthcare experts are available to help organizations remain in compliance with JCAHO’s changing regulations. Corporate Screening’s efforts go far beyond most healthcare background check services by providing JCAHO compliance audits, human resources reviews, medical staff credentialing supplements and background checks that search a variety of databases.

Learn more about how our healthcare employment verification services can help your organization maintain its JCAHO compliance.