JCAHO Accreditation

• Many facilities are JCAHO accredited

• Facilities offer a wide range of services, including; skilled nursing, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, medically complex subacute care, ventilator management, AIDS, pediatric care and adult chronic care.

• The ACCN is implementing a system to provide timely and extensive information for clinical and administrative coordination across the network. The system will be responsive to all accreditation bodies including HEDIS, NCQA and JCAHO.

• The ACCN acts as a contract liaison for all 12 member facilities. We provide centralized credentialing to assure the documentation submitted to MCOs is organized and submitted in a timely fashion.

• The ACCN coordinates and facilitates orientations with managed care organizations to ensure the member facilities are properly educated about the policies and procedure of the contracted MCOs.

• Member organizations offer focused care coordination and case management to ensure appropriateness of care. Each facility monitors patient outcomes. Efforts to establish network-wide standards are in process.

• The 10 member organizations, representing 12 facilities are all not for profit.

• Centralized Information System provides bed availability information at any of the 12 facilities with just one phone call.

• The Alliance Continuing Care Network has 18 facilities located across the Greater New York Metropolitan Area; Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties.

• We utilize a Team Quality Management (TQM) approach to problem solving. The member organizations have joined together to provide quality efficient health care services through sharing and integrating best practices.

• History of providing quality care for over a century
• 24 hour medical coverage
• Rehabilitation services provided 7 days a week

• Teaching is a priority. Many of the facilities collaborate with medical institutions to provide clinical teaching and research programs.