Preparing for COA Review Under the Eighth Edition Standards: Challenges on the Road to Accreditation
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Feature I am extremely pleased to notify you that your organization has been reaccredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) and received no out-of-compliance ratings. What welcome news! After 18 months of preparation by a team of seven people, I just finished assisting one of my clients in getting re-accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA). This was no small task, since COA is now using a new set of standards the eighth edition, first released in the summer of 2006 which have been slightly modified . . .