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'''The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)''', is a [[Organization:Not-for-profit organization|not-for-profit organization]] meant to help healthcare organizations maintain their standards in patient care and comply with regulations and the healthcare environment.<ref name=matrix>{{cite web |url=http://www.hfap.org/mediacenter/NAMSS%20Synergy%20JanFeb09_Accreditation%20Grid.pdf|title= NAMSS, Synergy, The Big Three: A Side by Side Matrix Comparing Hospital Accrediting Agencies}}</ref> Headquartered in {{wipe|Chicago}}, HFAP is an [[Accreditation|accreditation]] organization with authority from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.<ref name=matrix/> 
HFAP provides accreditation programs for hospitals, clinical laboratories, [[Medicine:Outpatient surgery|ambulatory surgical centers]], office based surgery, and critical access hospitals. HFAP also accredits mental health and physical rehabilitation facilities and provides certification for primary stroke centers.<ref name=overview>{{cite web|url=http://www.hfap.org/about/overview.aspx |title=HFAP Mission |publisher=Hfap.org |date= |accessdate=2012-11-16}}</ref> HFAP is a program of the American Osteopathic Association,<ref name=AOA>{{cite web|title=Accreditation|url=http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/accreditation/Pages/default.aspx|publisher=American Osteopathic Association|accessdate=18 August 2014}}</ref> a medical organization representing [[Medicine:Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine|osteopathic physicians]].

==History==
HFAP was conceived in 1943 and began surveying hospitals in 1945.<ref name=AOA /> Initially, HFAP provided osteopathic hospitals with accreditation ensuring osteopathic residents received appropriate training. In the mid-1960s the United States Congress decided that accredited hospitals would meet conditions set for participation, and thus automatically participated in newly established Medicare and Medicaid programs. HFAP quickly applied for and was granted said status<ref name=quiet>{{cite web
|url= http://www.namss.org/MemberCenter/emSynergyem/tabid/74/Default.aspx
|title= NAMSS, Synergy, The Quiet Accreditor, May/June 2007}}</ref> in 1965.<ref name=Kenney>{{cite web|last1=Kenney|first1=Lynn|title=Hospital accrediting organizations offer different approaches to the survey process|url=http://www.ashe.org/resources/ashenews/2013/hosp_ao_article_131011.html#.U_IpMGNTGSo|publisher=American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association}}</ref> By 2012, HFAP accredited about 214 hospitals in the US.<ref name=Kenney />

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web|title=Comparison of Joint Commission and Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) Emergency-Related Standards for Hospitals|url=https://www.healthlawyers.org/Members/PracticeGroups/THAMC/EmergencyPreparednessToolkit/Documents/VIII_Certification/B_JCHealthcareFacilitiesAccreditationProgramEDPRequirements.pdf|publisher=American Health Lawyers Association}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Barabas|first1=MC|title=Healthcare facilities accreditation program: the recognized alternative to the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations.|journal=JONA'S healthcare law, ethics and regulation|date=Sep 2002|volume=4|issue=3|pages=48–9|pmid=12352575}}

==External links==
* [http://www.hfap.org/ The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program]

[[Category:Accreditation]]

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