The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, known as QUAD A, to continue as a national accrediting organization for Outpatient Physical Therapy (OPT) programs involved in Medicare or Medicaid. QUAD A revised its standards and processes to ensure compliance with Medicare requirements, such as conducting thorough surveys and ensuring facilities meet necessary regulations. This approval is effective from April 4, 2025, to April 4, 2030. The notice confirms that QUAD A’s standards meet or exceed Medicare’s conditions, allowing accredited facilities to be deemed compliant.
Simple Explanation
The government said it's okay for a group called QUAD A to keep checking that doctors' offices doing physical therapy are following the rules to get money from special health programs. They made sure QUAD A plays by the rules and agreed they can keep doing this for five more years.