The California Department of Health has issued a new All Facilities Letter allowing home health agency (HHA) applicants to hire an approved accreditation organization (AO) to conduct the initial state licensing survey, effective from October 1, 2017. This option aims to expedite the licensing process, as there is currently a delay of between three months to two years for HHA initial application surveys. HHAs seeking to expedite their licensing approval process are encouraged to take advantage of this new option. To do so, they must file an application with the Centralized Applications Unit (CAU), contact and hire an AO, await an application approval letter from CAU, and contact the AO to schedule the initial survey. Once the survey is complete, the AO will send the findings to the HHA and a copy to CAU. If the HHA passes the AO initial survey, CAU will issue a six-month provisional license.

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