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Health Facility Services

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADHJ) promotes and protects the health of Arkansans’ with the licensure and regulation of health facility services in the state of Arkansas. ADH is the state survey agency for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As such, ADH is the authority for survey and certification and compliance for the following facilities:

• Hospitals, end-stage renal dialysis units, infirmaries, portable x-ray units, outpatient psychiatric centers, rural health clinics, freestanding birthing centers, hospice facilities, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities, recuperation centers, physical and speech therapy center, ambulatory surgery center, perfusionists, independent laboratories, abortion clinics, home health agencies, psychiatric, and rehabilitation units within a hospital.

Through the regulation of health facility services and enforcement of requirements, ADH maintains the mission of improving the health of the citizens of Arkansas.

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