Press Releases (2010)

Accreditation Granted for Elkhart General Hospital Home Care and Home Medical Equipment Companies
July 15, 2010

ELKHART, IN - Elkhart General Hospital Home Care and Elkhart General Hospital Home Medical Equipment have each received a three year Accreditation from The National Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP).

To receive the accreditation, both organizations completed a comprehensive internal evaluation of the business and service aspects of the organization and successfully passed an on-site visit by CHAP representatives.

“Accreditation for these two organizations means they have met the quality standards of excellence required by CHAP,” said Danielle Dyer, Vice President, Strategy & Marketing.

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About Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart General Hospital is an independent, not-for-profit hospital located in Elkhart, Indiana. The full-service, 325-bed main hospital serves more than 18,500 patients a month. The Elkhart General medical staff is comprised of 330 physicians representing 30 medical specialties, and over 2,000 employees serve in nursing, technical, administrative, and support capacities. The Elkhart General Hospital website is www.egh.org.

About The Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP)
The Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc. (CHAP) is an independent, non-profit accrediting body. It was the first accrediting body for community-based health care organizations in the United States and was created in 1965 as a joint venture between the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the National League for Nursing (NLN). These organizations brought to fruition the futuristic view that accreditation was the needed mechanism for recognizing excellence in community health practice. In 1988, CHAP became a separately incorporated, non-profit subsidiary of the NLN under the CHAP name. In 2001, it was spun-off by the NLN and became an independent, non-profit corporation.

CHAP was granted “deeming authority” by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 1992 for home health and in 1999, for hospice. This means that instead of state surveys, CHAP has regulatory authorization to survey agencies providing home health and hospice services, to determine whether they meet the Medicare Conditions of Participation (COPs). In 2006, CMS granted CHAP full deeming authority for Home Medical Equipment (HME).

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Peggy Randolph
Elkhart General Hospital, Project Coordinator
Phone (574) 523-3303
Email prandolph@egh.org
Website www.egh.org