Staffing Accreditation Standards

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Accreditation is a positive and influential status that signifies an agencies commitment to quality, especially in the healthcare arena.

Additional Benefits include:

	The positive impact of adding accreditation status to your advertising efforts

	Positioning to step into new and lucrative contracts as healthcare facilities or regulatory bodies demand accreditation

	Professional healthcare employee prospects view accreditation as a symbol of a positive, credible and professional work environment.

Enhance Recruitment and Retention:
In the midst of today’s tight competition
for healthcare professionals, accreditation
is a mark of excellence easily recognized
by potential employees.

Index of Standards

Section I - Human Resources

	Credentialing Field staff qualifications/credential requirements are consistently evaluated and assessed for field placement/assignment appropriateness, taking into consideration agency policies, state and federal regulations and laws.

	File maintenance Company and staff information are organized and maintained in a manner to accommodate ready access by appropriate internal and external parties, while strictly protecting privacy issues.

	Testing & Competency Testing for competency and mandatory in-servicing to determine the levels of competency for appropriate assignment placement and screening best candidates for hire.

Section II - Quality Assurance/Performance

	Quality improvement Quality Improvement for both staff and the agency itself is critical to meeting quality initiatives and determining future goals and objectives. Performance Improvement crosses all disciplines working through the agency.

	Needs list maintenance Proper maintenance and procedures for matching field staff and placement orders are critical to the success of the agency as well as minimizing liability issues.

Section III - Administration & Best Business Practice

	Administration Standards Administration/Leadership roles must be clearly defined, governance established, ethics and mission defined and operational expectations continuously evaluated.

	Contract Requirements & Maintenance Contracts are consistently evaluated and assessed for compliance with agency policies, state and federal regulations and laws.

	Financial Record Keeping & Maintenance Agency invoicing is consistently accurate and true to contracted rates.

Accreditation Levels

The Rating methodology has been developed to identify the level of compliance with the standard(s). In order to become an accredited staffing agency, the agency must meet or exceed the Standards as outlined in the SAS Standards Manual.

	Gold Standard Accreditation: Agencies who qualify for the Gold Standard Accreditation level exceed the minimum standards in all areas and are given recognition as such in the SAS Agency Directory and allowed to advertise their achievement in any and all marketing and advertising materials of their own during the time of the accreditation. To obtain this level of recognition the agency must exceed a 98% rating overall with no single section score below 95% and no single standard score below 90%.

	Full Accreditation: Agencies who qualify as Fully Accredited meet all of the minimum requirements in all areas. Overall Score of 94% with no Section score below 90% and no individual standard score below 85%. All fully accredited agencies will have their information posted on the website SAS Agency Directory and be designated as a fully accredited agency.

	Accreditation with Recommendations: An Agency who qualifies as Accredited with Recommendations has met the requirements in most areas and has an overall score of at least 90%. No Section score may be less than 75%. Any individual standard score less than 75% must be reviewed by surveyor within 3 months and corrective action taken by the agency to bring the standard score above 85% and the section score to above 90%. The total score must be brought to 94% in order for the Recommendations portion of the accreditation to be removed and the agency to be listed as Fully Accredited. The Agency overall scores for those Accredited with Recommendations will be posted on the Agency Directory website page and will be upgraded to Full accreditation once corrective actions have been verified and scores are raised.

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