NAMSS CPCS/CPMSM
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) - Answer- Provides Accreditation
programs from allopathic and osteopathic actute care hospitals, critical access
hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, ambulatory care/office based surgery, clinical
laboratories and behavioral health facilities. While previously primarily osteopathic
focuses, HFAP is not authorized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) to survey all hospitals for compliance with the Medicare Conditions of
Participation and Coverage.
Allopathic Acute Care hospitals (HFAP) - Answer- Allopathic medicine" is a term
used for modern or mainstream medicine. Other names for allopathic medicine
include:
conventional medicine
mainstream medicine
Western medicine
orthodox medicine
biomedicine
Allopathic medicine is also called allopathy. It's a health system in which medical
doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals are licensed to
practice and treat symptoms and diseases.
Treatment is done with:
medication
surgery
radiation
other therapies and procedures
Osteopathic Acute Care hospitals (HFAP - Answer- Osteopathy is another type of
healthcare. Osteopaths treat conditions with medical treatments as well as
manipulation and massage of muscles, bones, and joints.
In much of the world, osteopaths aren't considered physicians. However, in the
United States, osteopathic doctors are licensed physicians and surgeons.
As with other physicians, osteopaths graduate from medical schools. Osteopathic
doctors must pass the same national board exams that all physicians do. They also
undergo the same residency training programs as other doctors.
The main difference is that osteopathic doctors have the title DO instead of MD.
You'll likely not notice any difference in your treatment from a physician or surgeon
who is a DO rather than an MD. A DO might recommend complementary treatments
along with standard medications or procedures.
Critical Access Hospitals (HFAP) - Answer- Critical Access Hospital is a designation
given to eligible rural hospitals by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS). Congress created the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) designation through the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) in response to a string of rural
hospital closures during the 1980s and early 1990s. The CAH designation is
designed to reduce the financial vulnerability of rural hospitals and improve access to
healthcare by keeping essential services in rural communities. To accomplish this
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