The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International announced that the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center, Health Care for Homeless Veterans, Compensated Work Therapy/Transitional Residence, Therapeutic Supportive Employment Services, and Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment programs at the Tomah VA Medical Center received full re-accreditation status on March 13, 2014.
The three year accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a three-year accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable, and accountable.
CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishes consumer focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.
The achievement of obtaining the full three year accreditation decision supports the Tomah VA’s commitment to providing exceptional healthcare to our nation’s Veterans while upholding its mission statement of “quality, compassionate care, every Veteran, every day.”
For more information, please contact the Tomah VA Office of Public Affairs at 608-372-3971.
Contributed by Scott Farley, Public Affairs Officer