Fierce Healthcare (05/06/26) Gliadkovskaya, Anastassia

The Joint Commission and the National Association of Community Health Centers have formed a national partnership to create new education, training, advisory services and an upcoming accreditation program designed specifically for the country’s 1,500+ community health centers, which collectively serve 52 million people. Leaders from both organizations describe the collaboration as a strategic effort to strengthen quality, safety, and continuous improvement across health centers that provide affordable primary care to diverse populations, including millions of children, older adults, veterans, and unhoused individuals. The initiative builds on the Joint Commission’s existing accreditation work with federally qualified health centers and rural clinics and aligns with its broader overhaul of accreditation standards unveiled last year. With more than 23,000 organizations already accredited across the care continuum, the Joint Commission sees this expanded focus on community health centers as a deliberate step in supporting essential providers and the patients who rely on them.

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