The Joint Commission

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CARF vs. Joint Commission: Behavioral Health Accreditation

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CARF and The Joint Commission are the two major accrediting bodies for behavioral healthcare. CARF offers a consultative approach and accredits specific programs. The Joint Commission is more medical and compliance-driven, accrediting entire organizations. Both ensure quality standards and continuous improvement but differ in scope and philosophy.

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Understanding the ASAM Level of Care Certification for addiction treatment providers

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Unlike The Joint Commission’s accreditation program or CARF’s accreditation program, the ASAM Level of Care Certification program looks specifically at how a program fits into the ASAM Criteria.

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Top 5 questions we get asked about Joint Commission certification for addiction treatment

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TJC certification not only raises your organization’s profile within the behavioral health community, in many states it also makes your organization eligible for Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements.

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Why Are Addiction Treatment Centers Less Likely to Use EHRs Than Other Mental Health Facilities? 

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Did you know that addiction treatment facilities have one of the lowest penetrations of EHR usage of any healthcare provider type?

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Best Kept Secrets to Opening an Addiction Treatment Center in Idaho

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Like many states, Idaho only requires addiction treatment centers to get certified with the state if they intend to accept public dollars (think Medicaid), participate in state-sponsored programs, accept referrals from state agencies, or apply for public grants.

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Opening an Addiction Treatment Center in Maryland? Here’s How. 

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Maryland happens to be one of the most highly regulated states for addiction treatment providers, which means there are quite a few hoops to jump through when opening a new center.

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Missouri is a Great State for Opening Your Next Addiction Treatment Center 

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Missouri is one of a dwindling number of states that does not require all addiction treatment centers to obtain a license or certification before opening. This makes it a very friendly place to start up an addiction treatment center for new providers.


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Thinking of Opening an Addiction Treatment Center in Indiana? Here’s How. 

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Indiana has a long way to go before its population has access to adequate addiction treatment. Here’s what it takes to open an addiction treatment center in the state.

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Has Your Addiction Treatment Center Nailed Outcomes Tracking Yet? Here's Why It's More Critical Than Ever

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Large-scale research for addiction treatment lags far behind research for other health conditions. As an industry, we’ve been slow to move towards standardized models for understanding and evaluating the success of our work. That’s changing now as market forces are requiring the addiction treatment to undertake objective progress monitoring and outcomes tracking as never before.