Ctca Accreditation

Accreditation of Cancer Treatment Centers of America The Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) are a network of five hospitals serving adult patients suffering from cancer. The CTCA is a non-profit organization offering an integrated treatment system ranging from physical approaches like surgery to genomic testing and emotional approaches, which are backed by evidenced-based therapies, that aim at improving the quality of life of the patients during and after the treatment. All CTCA hospitals are separately accredited. The accreditation process is usually a voluntary endeavor where external peer reviewers assess a health care organization by comparing it with already established performance standards (Cancer Treatment Centers of America,

For instance, every three years the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer requires that health care facilities reapply for accreditation. The re-accreditation process is similar to the initial accreditation process (American College of Surgeons, 2017). The staff of the accreditation institutions like the Joint Commissions and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer sends application forms to the various hospitals with attached instructions before the lapsing of the accreditation. Thereafter, a site survey is undertaken, and the report is submitted to the Accreditation Review Board who appraise the compliance level (American College of Surgeons,

Each state applies its own state regulations for different healthcare facilities and medical practitioner licenses. However, the primary responsibility of health care regulation is placed on the state governments. To practice in a state as a medical practitioner or set up a medical facility it is mandatory to get the appropriate license to do so. The licensure procedure is primarily designed to protect patients and the community from fraudulent health care providers. For instance, in Illinois, CTCA is licensed by the Office of Health Care Regulation. They also inspect and certify that the organization meets all the state and federal regulations. Thus, ascertaining that patients are provided with a safe environment that caters for their psychological, mental and physical needs. In addition, licensing enables institutions like CTCA to claim Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements—overseen by federal institutions such as the Human Service’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services