title: List of healthcare accreditation organizations in the United States
text: # List of healthcare accreditation organizations in the United States
  
  The following organizations survey and accredit hospitals and healthcare organizations in the US.
  
  ## Medicare and Medicaid deeming
  
  A number have deeming power for Medicare and Medicaid.
  
  * American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF)
  * Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
  * Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
  * American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC)
  * Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC)
  * Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ)
  * Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
  * Community Health Accreditation Program
  * DNV GL Healthcare
  * Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT)
  * Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA)
  * Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
  * Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA)
  * Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ)
  * Joint Commission (TJC)
  * National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
  * National Dialysis Accreditation Commission (NDAC)
  * The Compliance Team, "Exemplary Provider Programs"
  * The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission(IAC)
  * Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC)
  
  ## Education accreditation
  
  ### Birth Centers
  
  * The Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers
  
  ### Emergency Medicine
  
  * National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
  
  ### Medicine
  
  * Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
  * Federation of State Medical Boards
  * National Board of Medical Examiners
  
  ### Nursing
  
  * National Council of State Boards of Nursing
  
  **College of Nursing accreditation**
  
  * American Association of Colleges of Nursing
  * Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
  * National League for Nursing
  
  **Advanced practice nursing college accreditation**
  
  * American College of Nurse-Midwives
  * Council of Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
  
  ### Respiratory care
  
  **College of respiratory care accreditation**
  
  * Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
  
  **Non-governmental credentialing bodies**
  
  * National Board for Respiratory Care
  
  ### Surgery
  
  * Association of Surgical Technologists
  
  ### Therapeutics
  
  * American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
  * American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
  * National Board of Certified Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
  