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Improve Hospital Outcomes

The ACS has programs to enhance surgical care and outcomes in hospital and healthcare organizations

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Accreditation Means Excellence

The ACS has perhaps the highest standards in surgical care in the healthcare industry across all major surgical specialties. We teach, we train, we observe—plus we give you benchmarks to excel. See which of our programs fit you and your healthcare organization.

Accreditation Visits Drive Systemic Quality Improvement

ACS Quality Programs are well known for setting standards of surgical quality and improving patient outcomes—but efforts to achieve accreditation reveal a significant impact. 

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Quality Verification Program (QVP)

Quality Verification Program (QVP)
Children's Surgery Verification Program (CSV)

Children's Surgery Verification Program (CSV)
Commission on Cancer (CoC)

Commission on Cancer (CoC)
Emergency General Surgery Verification Program (EGS)

Emergency General Surgery Verification Program (EGS)
Geriatric Surgery Verification Program (GSV)

Geriatric Surgery Verification Program (GSV)
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)

Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)
National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)

National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)
National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC)

National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC)
Vascular Verification Program

Vascular Verification Program
Trauma Verification, Review, and Consultation (VRC) Program

Trauma Verification, Review, and Consultation (VRC) Program
Research News

ACS Accreditation Process Drives Quality Improvement

Study reveals ACS accreditation significantly improves surgical quality, highlighting its role in advancing hospital performance and patient outcomes.
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Quality

Resource Planning and Strategies Webinar

View a webinar and interview on how the ACS Emergency General Surgery Verification Program is designed to standardize and improve care.
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General Steps to Accreditation

Below are the general steps to accreditation/verification for the ACS Quality Programs. Each program has unique components for the patient population they serve, therefore refer to the individual programs for specific requirements.

  1. Look up program eligibility
  2. Review standards and program resources
  3. Apply to begin the accreditation/verification process
  4. Verification of eligibility and contracting
  5. Complete the Pre-Review Questionnaire and prepare for site visit
  6. Complete site visit
  7. Receive Accreditation/Verification Report with the site visit outcome

Participating Hospitals and Institutions