How does JCAHO benefit Johns Hopkins?
A. JCAHO is the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is a Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which pays many of the medical bills for Medicare and Medicaid; but, does not do their own inspections. Instead they delegate to JCAHO to inspect. If a healthcare institution does not pass the JCAHO inspection, they will not receive payment from CMS for the bills of Medicare and Medicaid patients who use that healthcare institution’s services. The bottom line is that it is possible that the healthcare institution could be shut down if it does not pass the JCAHO inspection.
