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Utah Home Health & Hospice Awarded CHAP Accreditation
11/1/2011
Provo, UT
Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc., (CHAP) announced today that Utah Home Health & Hospice has been awarded CHAP accreditation under the CHAP Hospice Standards of Excellence.
CHAP accreditation demonstrates that Utah Home Health & Hospice meets the industry's highest nationally recognized standards. Rigorous evaluation by CHAP focuses on structure and function, quality of services and products, human and financial resources, and long term viability. "Utah Home Health and Hospice is committed to continued excellence in home care and hospice and the delivery of services throughout our Utah communities," said Jeffrey Willson, Executive Director. "This expansion of our services will allow us to broaden the scope of services provided to patients in the areas served, including hospice and palliative care."
About The Aspen Group: Headquartered in Idaho Falls, ID, The Aspen Group is dedicated to providing patients the highest level of skilled nursing, rehabilitative, palliative and hospice care available in the most cost-effective environment, the patient's own home. Since 1995, The Aspen Group has provided patients with quality home healthcare. Services provided include: diabetes education, enterostomal therapy, homecare aides, home medical equipment, hospice/palliative care, infusion therapy, medical nutrition therapy, medical social services, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy, skilled nursing and speech language pathology.
CHAP is an independent, not-for-profit, accrediting body for community-based health care organizations. Through "deeming authority" granted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CHAP has the regulatory authority to survey agencies providing home health, hospice, and home medical equipment services, to determine if they meet the Medicare Conditions of Participation and CMS Quality Standards.
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