New versions of the program criteria for the 19 accreditation programs and 3 beta accreditation programs have been released by the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a nonprofit organization that develops health IT standards.
The EHNAC Criteria Committee has updated its criteria to address capacity planning and utilization monitoring issues as well as to improve the standards for the EHNAC ePrescribing accreditation program (ePAP-EHN).
Along with improved mapping to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, further clarifications and grammatical improvements are also part of the new updates. The public’s input was taken into consideration by the EHNAC Criteria Committee and Commission after the customary 60-day period for public comment. As a result, the criteria versions for the following 19 accrediting programs were finalized.
- ACOAP – Accountable Care Organization Accreditation Program (V4.2)
- DRAP – Data Registry Accreditation Program (V4.2)
- DT P&S – DirectTrust Privacy & Security (V2.2)
- EHNAC P&S – EHNAC Privacy & Security (V2.2)
- ePAP-EHN – e-Prescribing Accreditation Program (V9.2)
- EPCSCP-Pharmacy – Electronic Prescription of Controlled Substances Certification Program – Pharmacy Vendor (V4.3)
- EPCSCP-Prescribing – Electronic Prescription of Controlled Substances Certification Program – Prescribing Vendor (V4.3)
- FSAP-EHN – Financial Services Accreditation Program for Electronic Health Networks (V5.2)
- FSAP-Lockbox – Financial Services Accreditation Program for Lockbox Services (V5.2)
- HIEAP – Health Information Exchange Accreditation Program (V4.2)
- HNAP-EHN – Healthcare Network Accreditation Program for Electronic Health Networks [Includes Payer] (V13.2)
- HNAP-Medical Biller – Healthcare Network Accreditation Program for Medical Billers (V4.2)
- HNAP-TPA – Healthcare Network Accreditation Program for Third Party Administrators (V4.2)
- MSOAP – Management Service Organization Accreditation Program (V4.2)
- OSAP – Outsourced Services Accreditation Program1 (V4.2)1
- PMSAP – Practice Management System Accreditation Program (V4.2)
- TDRAAP-Basic – Trusted Dynamic Registration & Authentication Accreditation Program Basic (V1.4)
- TDRAAP-Comprehensive – Trusted Dynamic Registration & Authentication Accreditation Program Comprehensive (V1.4)
- TNAP-HIN – Trusted Network Accreditation Program (V2.1)
The following three beta programs’ criterion versions were also made available by EHNAC:
- EPPAP – Explanation of Provider Payment Accreditation Program (V1.0-Beta)
- CCCAP – CARIN Code of Conduct Accreditation Program (V1.0-Beta)
- PBDAP – Privacy by Design Accreditation Program (V1.0-Beta)
