Orthopedic Joint Replacement

Core Disease-Specific Care Certification

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Certification Contact Directory

Jean Range
Executive Director, Certification
630-792-5256

Michele Sacco
Executive Director, Palliative Care & Health Care Staffing
630-792-5285

Leslie Duffy
Director
630-792-5214

M.J. Hampel
Senior Associate Director
630-792-5720

David Eickemeyer
Associate Director
630-792-5697

Caroline Isbey
Associate Director
630-792-5279

Kelley McCann
Business Development Specialist
630-792-5743

Kristine Stejskal
Business Development Coordinator
630-792-5291

Bridget Chambers
Associate Marketing Manager
630-792-5061

Orthopedic joint replacement programs (hip, knee and shoulder) are certified under the standards for Disease-Specific Care programs, order manuals here. The standards are not specific to joint replacement, but are a general framework for a well-run disease-management program.

Certification process

Certification requirements for joint replacement programs address three areas:

Compliance with consensus-based national standards.
Effective and consistent use of appropriate, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the hip, knee or shoulder replacement patient population.
Collection and analysis of a minimum of four performance measures specific to the hip, knee or shoulder replacement patient population (a minimum of two performance measures must be clinical in nature.)

Joint replacement programs that successfully demonstrate compliance in all three areas are awarded certification for a two-year period. At the end of the first year, the organization is required to attest to its continued compliance with standards and provide evidence of performance improvement activities. To maintain certification, the cycle repeats with an on-site review conducted every two years and a bi-annual submission of an acceptable assessment of compliance by the organization.