Health Care Accreditation Consultants Specializing in Behavioral Health

From preparing for initial accreditation and keeping up with changing requirements to survey preparation and continuous survey readiness, behavioral health care compliance is a big job to handle alone.

Barrins & Associates has been an experienced, trusted partner to over 850 organizations nationwide. The firm was founded by Anne Barrins, MS, CSW who had many years of executive experience in behavioral health care compliance management and was a Joint Commission surveyor for 13 years. Ms. Barrins led the Barrins & Associates consulting firm from 1999 to 2023 when she retired.

Today, Barrins leadership includes Julia Finken, former Joint Commission surveyor, former Associate Director of Business Development for the Joint Commission Home Care Program, and Executive Director of Business Development for the Behavioral Healthcare and Psychiatric Hospital Programs, and John Berry, Former Joint Commission Resources Principal Consultant and nationally recognized expert in CMS behavioral health regulations and survey readiness.