list of healthcare accreditation organizations in the united states list of healthcare accreditation organizations in the united states the following organizations survey and accredit hospitals and healthcare organizations in the us. medicare and medicaid deeming a number have deeming power for medicare and medicaid. american association for accreditation of ambulatory surgery facilities (aaaasf) accreditation association for ambulatory health care (aaahc) accreditation commission for health care (achc) american board for certification in orthotics, prosthetics & pedorthics (abc) board of certification/accreditation, international (boc) center for improvement in healthcare quality (cihq) commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf) community health accreditation program dnv gl healthcare foundation for the accreditation of cellular therapy (fact) global healthcare accreditation (gha) healthcare facilities accreditation program (hfap) healthcare quality association on accreditation (hqaa) institute for medical quality (imq) joint commission (tjc) national committee for quality assurance (ncqa) national dialysis accreditation commission (ndac) the compliance team, "exemplary provider programs" the intersocietal accreditation commission(iac) utilization review accreditation commission (urac) education accreditation birth centers the commission for the accreditation of birth centers emergency medicine national registry of emergency medical technicians (nremt) medicine accreditation council for continuing medical education federation of state medical boards national board of medical examiners nursing national council of state boards of nursing college of nursing accreditation american association of colleges of nursing commission on collegiate nursing education national league for nursing advanced practice nursing college accreditation american college of nurse-midwives council of accreditation of nurse anesthesia educational programs respiratory care college of respiratory care accreditation committee on accreditation for respiratory care non-governmental credentialing bodies national board for respiratory care surgery association of surgical technologists therapeutics american occupational therapy association (aota) american physical therapy association (apta) national board of certified occupational therapy (nbcot)