Home Care Certification & Accreditation

The Home Care Certification is the only national certification created by home care leaders, exclusively for the private duty home care community. The certification offers providers the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to quality and service delivery excellence through formal certification.

The Home Care Certification requires each agency location to conduct a comprehensive examination relating to nineteen (19) separate but interrelated aspects of business and operations. Agency locations are required to submit documentation and an attestation statement showing adherence to all Certification program standards in each category to be reviewed by dedicated private duty home care staff at the Alliance.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

The standards of certification were developed by private duty home care industry leaders. Many of these leaders serve on the Alliance’s Home Care and Supportive Services Advisory Council and in other Alliance Member Engagement groups. In addition, the Home Care Certification Program has been modeled after elements within successful state certification programs in Massachusetts and California developed by The California Association for Health Services at Home and the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts.

BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION

Through Home Care Certification, agency locations distinguish themselves from their peers and demonstrate that they meet high standards of quality, safety, and credibility, practicing at the top of the industry.

A successful Home Care Certified agency:

• Demonstrates your commitment to quality and service delivery excellence in private duty home care.
• Provides a competitive edge to you and your private duty home care business demonstrating to stakeholders your commitment to practicing at a higher level and may positively enhance your ability to secure new business through referral sources, contracts, or other means.
• Demonstrates that you hire and train quality, trustworthy caregivers with due diligence who receive appropriate training and skills assessments before providing care and services to clients and families.
• Enhances your ability to attract and retain the best talent within a highly competitive talent market.
• Special designated listing on the Alliance’s Find a Provider directory as a Home Care Certified agency location for the duration of Certification.

HOME CARE CERTIFICATION COST

Home Care Certification is offered complimentary for all Alliance members. Non-members incur a $750.00 fee for certification that must be paid with the submission of their application. The National Alliance for Care at Home reserves the right to evaluate and update this fee on an annual basis with notice.