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Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) 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) 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 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) 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 goal, CAHs receive certain benefits, such as cost-based reimbursement for Medicare services.