Value of accreditation

CARF is committed to providing the greatest value for your accreditation investment. Your customers look for CARF accreditation as their assurance that your programs or facilities are of the highest quality. Payers recognize CARF accreditation as a demonstration of superior performance for their clients. As a service provider, you have the advantage of clearly defined and internationally accepted standards to ensure that your services remain among the elite for excellence.

Among the many benefits provided by CARF accreditation are:

• Business improvement.
• Service excellence.
• Competitive differentiation.
• Risk management.
• Funding access.
• Positive visibility.
• Accountability.
• Peer networking.

In addition to these benefits, CARF is continually seeking new ways to help you leverage your accreditation investment. Also available to CARF-accredited providers are:

• Insurance premium savings.
• E-learning for persons with disabilities and human service professionals.
• Consumer experience survey and employee satisfaction.
• Senior housing locator directory listings.

These benefits, combined with the strength of the accreditation standards, are important reasons why CARF is the accreditor of choice of more than 6,000 service providers.