{"id":15,"date":"2016-07-20T17:55:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T17:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/licensure-and-certification\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:03:57","slug":"division-of-acute-care-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/licensure-and-certification\/division-of-acute-care-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Acute Care Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-15\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-15-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-15-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-15-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-15-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-15-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3><\/h3>\n<p><span id=\"ctl00_MainContentPlaceHolder_DisplayTicketView_Details\">The Division of Acute Care Services is responsible for the licensing and monitoring of provider compliance within state licensing laws and regulations through conducting regular, on-site inspections. The division also conducts surveys to determine provider compliance with Medicare and Medicaid requirements, as well as investigates state and federal complaints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Division of Acute Care Services oversees the state licensing programs for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/licensure-and-certification\/division-of-acute-care-services\/hospitals\/\">General Hospitals and Outpatient Surgical Hospitals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/licensure-and-certification\/division-of-acute-care-services\/home-care-and-hospice\/\">Home Care Organizations and Hospice Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New providers who are required to obtain clearance from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) may apply electronically via the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/ocrportal.hhs.gov\/ocr\/pgportal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ocrportal.hhs.gov\/ocr\/pgportal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Division of Acute Care Services also evaluates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/licensure-and-certification\/division-of-acute-care-services\/laboratories\/\">laboratories that perform diagnostic testing on human specimens<\/a> (including physicians offices, hospitals, and nursing homes) under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Program on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-15-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-15-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-builder panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-15-1-1-0\" ><div id=\"pl-w66266e76325a8\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w66266e76325a8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w66266e76325a8-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w66266e76325a8-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" 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