# CARF Accreditation

*/Credentials/CARF_Accreditation*

## Credential Profile

**Issued By**: [Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities](/Regulators/Commission_on_Accreditation_of_Rehabilitation_Facilities)
**Satisfies**:
- [Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Rules](/Regulations/Medicaid_Home_and_Community_Based_Services_Rules)
**Qualifies For**:
- [Medical and Health Services Managers](/Occupations/Medical_and_Health_Services_Managers)
**Recognized In**:
- [United States](/Jurisdictions/United_States)
- [Canada](/Jurisdictions/Canada)
- [European Union](/Jurisdictions/European_Union)

## Neighborhood

### Related (depends on)

- [Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation](/Industries/Stroke_and_Spinal_Cord_Injury_Rehabilitation) — depends on · Industries
- [Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities](/Industries/Residential_Mental_Health_and_Substance_Abuse_Facilities) — depends on · Industries
- [Vocational Rehabilitation Services](/Industries/Vocational_Rehabilitation_Services) — depends on · Industries

### Recognized in

- [European Union](/Jurisdictions/European_Union) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [Canada](/Jurisdictions/Canada) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [United States](/Jurisdictions/United_States) — recognized in · Jurisdictions

### Satisfies

- [Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Rules](/Regulations/Medicaid_Home_and_Community_Based_Services_Rules) — satisfies · Regulations
- [Medicaid Provider Conditions of Participation](/Regulations/Medicaid_Provider_Conditions_of_Participation) — satisfies · Regulations

### Problems this exposes

- [survey prep evidence — policies, outcome data, and quality plans — must be assembled from disparate program files](/Problems/survey_prep_evidence_—_policies,_outcome_data,_and_quality_plans_—_must_be_assembled_from_disparate_program_files) — exposes problem · Problems
- [annual Quality Improvement Plan and outcome-measurement reporting required to sustain the 3-year accreditation](/Problems/annual_Quality_Improvement_Plan_and_outcome-measurement_reporting_required_to_sustain_the_3-year_accreditation) — exposes problem · Problems
- [demonstrating conformance to the full CARF standards manual across hundreds of line-item criteria before the on-site survey](/Problems/demonstrating_conformance_to_the_full_CARF_standards_manual_across_hundreds_of_line-item_criteria_before_the_on-site_survey) — exposes problem · Problems
- [closing surveyor-cited recommendations within the Quality Improvement Plan follow-up window](/Problems/closing_surveyor-cited_recommendations_within_the_Quality_Improvement_Plan_follow-up_window) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Standards Conformance Evidence Mapping](/Problems/Standards_Conformance_Evidence_Mapping) — exposes problem · Problems

### Issued by

- [Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities](/Regulators/Commission_on_Accreditation_of_Rehabilitation_Facilities) — issued by · Regulators

### Qualifies for role

- [Rehabilitation Program Administrator](/JobTypes/Rehabilitation_Program_Administrator) — qualifies for role · JobTypes

### Qualifies for

- [Social and Community Service Managers](/Occupations/Social_and_Community_Service_Managers) — qualifies for · Occupations
- [Medical and Health Services Managers](/Occupations/Medical_and_Health_Services_Managers) — qualifies for · Occupations

### Attests skill

- [Monitoring](/Skills/Monitoring) — attests skill · Skills
- [Service Orientation](/Skills/Service_Orientation) — attests skill · Skills
- [Quality Control Analysis](/Skills/Quality_Control_Analysis) — attests skill · Skills

### Attests knowledge

- [Public Safety and Security](/Knowledge/Public_Safety_and_Security) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Psychology](/Knowledge/Psychology) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Administration and Management](/Knowledge/Administration_and_Management) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Therapy and Counseling](/Knowledge/Therapy_and_Counseling) — attests knowledge · Knowledge