Here are four things to know about the certification:
1. The certification will help:
- Improve collaboration
- Highlight risk sharing
- Reduce adverse events
- Promote patient centeredness
- Reduce redundancies
2. Organizations that are eligible for the certification include:
- ASCs
- Hospitals
- Critical-access hospitals
- Hospital-based ambulatory centers
- Nursing care centers
- Home care organizations
3. The certification is valid for 36 months once it’s awarded.
4. Joint Commission surveyors can conduct their review either announced or unannounced. If the review takes place at the same time as an unannounced accreditation survey, the integrated care certification will also be unannounced.
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