CMS: It May Take 9 Months to Obtain Facility Accreditation

The accreditation process may take up to nine months to complete for an enrolled DMEPOS supplier that submits a complete application to the Accreditation Organizations (AOs), and has no deficiencies to correct post onsite-survey. Therefore, all enrolled DMEPOS suppliers will need to submit a complete accreditation application to the accreditation organizations (AOs) by January 31, 2009. This is to ensure that the DMEPOS supplier will receive an accreditation decision (provided that they meet the all the accreditation requirements) by the accreditation deadline of September 30, 2009. If you are going to seek accreditation, the time to act is NOW!