Women's health providers seek specialty exemptions

Another pressing concern is the looming deadline for mandatory accreditation. Since most specialty women's health boutiques employ only two to three people, the cost of getting accreditation and maintaining those standards could be prohibitive, said Daina Pitzenberger, president of the Women�...

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Published in:HME News 2005-10, Vol.11 (10), p.97
Main Author: Gundersen, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Beneficiaries
Bids
Exemptions
Health services
Mastectomy
Medicare
Women
Womens health
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Summary:Another pressing concern is the looming deadline for mandatory accreditation. Since most specialty women's health boutiques employ only two to three people, the cost of getting accreditation and maintaining those standards could be prohibitive, said Daina Pitzenberger, president of the Women's Health Boutique franchise. Two of the three major accrediting bodies -JCAHO and CHAP - also do not recognize women's health as a specialty niche, she added.
ISSN:1091-3823