Accreditation • Regulated by Community Health Accreditation Partner
Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
Definition: An independent, non-profit accrediting body with CMS deeming authority for home health, hospice, and home care organizations.
Regulatory Impact & Compliance Overview
Achieving CHAP accreditation signifies that a home care or home health agency has demonstrated adherence to rigorous clinical, operational, and financial quality standards that meet or exceed federal Medicare Conditions of Participation.
Governing Authority
Enforced by Community Health Accreditation Partner in United States. Compliance with these standards is legally required for all licensed and participating care providers.
Automated Compliance
How AsanWork Enforces Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
AsanWork builds compliance directly into daily scheduling workflows. Hard compliance stops prevent un-vetted, un-screened, or non-credentialed staff from receiving shift allocations, ensuring 100% audit readiness.
Related United States Healthcare Terms
Regulation
21st Century Cures Act
A landmark federal healthcare law passed in 2016 designed to accelerate medical innovation, prevent health data blocking, and mandate Electronic Visit Verification for Medicaid home care.
Payroll
Blended Regular Rate (Overtime)
The weighted average hourly rate used to calculate FLSA overtime when a caregiver works at two or more different pay rates in the same workweek.
Regulation
CMS Conditions of Participation (CoPs)
Federal health and safety requirements that home health agencies and healthcare organizations must meet to begin and continue participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Payroll
California Daily Overtime
A California state labor law requiring overtime pay of 1.5x regular pay for hours worked beyond 8 in a single day, and double pay for hours past 12.