Joint Commission and CMS Accreditation Consulting Service Testimonials

We were extremely pleased with the mock survey. The Barrins & Associates consultant team was fabulous. They were knowledgeable, skilled and able to communicate our deficits in ways that will help us to move forward. We are grateful to be working with them and feel very comfortable leaning on their expertise.

Thank you for the final reports including the excel spreadsheets that we can formulate our action plans from. We have already begun to put corrective actions into place. We had a very informative and engaging three days at HBH. We would like to take this opportunity to say thanks again for everything last week. We truly are a better organization because of the Barrins and Associates team. We look forward to seeing you next spring.

We’ve worked with Barrins & Associates for seven years. Follow their lead and you will not only achieve Joint Commission accreditation but improve practice as well.

Montefiore Health System has used Barrins & Associates as Joint Commission consultants for our Behavioral Health Services since 2004. Their in-depth knowledge of TJC standards and survey process has been instrumental in our survey success over the years. Whether working with our inpatient, outpatient, or opioid treatment programs, their ability to operationalize the standards in a way that supports best practices has been invaluable to us. They’ve truly become part of our team!

“Thank you so, so much for everything this week, as well as over the past year so far. I’ve been reflecting on how much we’ve learned, how far we’ve come, and how well-equipped we feel to get to where we need to go, and it’s honestly amazing the difference between today vs the first time you were here. This is in very large part due to all of your help and encouragement.

I also just really appreciate your style; you two are fun, smart, and say what needs to be said. It’s always a pleasure!”

The expert guidance we got from Barrins & Associates was instrumental to our achieving TJC accreditation. Their knowledge and expertise helped make the path to accreditation clear and achievable. I highly recommend them to any BH organization seeking top notch TJC consultants.

Without her expert guidance, we would not be nearly as far along in this process. As a result, we are confident our services will be greatly improved in the long run.

They were extremely thorough in their review and identified numerous areas which our team began addressing immediately. We were better prepared for our Joint Commission survey but, moreover, we were armed with new knowledge to help us ensure improved patient care and safety.

We have used Barrins & Associates for both TJC and CMS mock surveys. They were extremely knowledgeable and very well received by staff. We are extremely satisfied customers and will definitely use them again.

We’ve used Barrins & Associates as Joint Commission consultants for our behavioral health programs throughout Mount Sinai Health System and for some of our acute care services. They’re not only experts in TJC standards but also highly skilled at helping us find workable solutions for challenging compliance issues. They’ve exceeded our expectations and become part of our team. We count on them routinely for their regulatory guidance and expertise.

We’ve engaged Barrins & Associates as our Joint Commission consultants for Maine Behavioral Healthcare. Their expertise in TJC standards and survey process and their nationwide perspective have been invaluable. We recently completed our TJC survey and there’s no doubt their guidance was instrumental in our survey success. They are top notch in the industry!

Staff at the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (formerly NAPHS; now NABH) have recommended Barrins & Associates to several of our members who were looking for consultative help with regulatory, accrediting, and performance improvement issues. We consistently receive extremely positive feedback about the quality of their work; specifically, their depth of knowledge, responsiveness, and professionalism. Barrins & Associates offers a valuable service to our members, and we highly recommend them to any psychiatric hospital or behavioral health organization seeking top-notch consulting in the areas of accreditation, regulatory compliance, or performance improvement.

We’ve used Barrins & Associates for both CMS and TJC mock surveys. They’ve done an outstanding job of preparing us for both. Our most recent TJC hospital survey was two months early, but there were no surprises thanks to the exhaustive review done by the Barrins & Associates team. They are top-notch in the industry!

Engaging Barrins & Associates as our consultants was the best thing we did here at A Mission for Michael. Their expertise and guidance were invaluable. We went into our survey strong and achieved our TJC accreditation in record time!

We are ever grateful for the expert help and support from our wonderful Barrins & Associates consultant! I was clueless at the beginning of the accreditation process. Our consultant did training, policy development, and a mock survey and was extremely supportive throughout the process. The result is we passed our initial TJC survey with flying colors! You are most welcome to contact me if you need more details about our wonderful experience with Barrins and Associates.

I was extremely satisfied with our Barrins & Associates consultation. They had incredible knowledge and experience regarding TJC standards and offered numerous recommendations on how to meet and exceed standards, as well as build in accountability processes to ensure ongoing compliance. I highly recommend them to other organizations.

We’re expecting our next TJC survey next year. We recently used Barrins & Associates for a mock survey. Their knowledge of TJC standards was impressively in-depth. Plus, their insights into current “hot button issues” gave us an inside track for what to expect on our survey. Most important, they were highly collegial and went out of their way to educate our team. Outstanding consultation on all fronts!

Their in-depth knowledge of TJC standards and survey process has been instrumental in our survey success over the years. Whether working with our inpatient, outpatient, or opioid treatment programs, their ability to operationalize the standards in a way that supports best practices has been invaluable to us. They’ve truly become part of our team!

We just completed our annual Barrins & Associates mock survey at our hospital. As CEO, the most valuable aspect of the consultation was the perspective they gave us on what TJC is surveying and citing in other markets. They clearly have their finger on the TJC pulse nationwide, which helped us immensely with our survey preparation and survey strategy.

Springstone was founded in 2010 and operates a network of private hospitals nationwide that treat mental illness and substance abuse. We chose to partner with Barrins & Associates on TJC readiness system-wide and have been extremely pleased with the value they have delivered to our company! The team is highly experienced, extremely professional and razor sharp in identifying compliance issues and helping us solve them. We look forward to a long-term partnership!

The Barrins & Associates engineer consultant provided outstanding technical assistance on our Environment of Care and Life Safety program. He was not only expert in his area but helpful and friendly and so easy to work with. Just keep him coming back!

We’ve used Barrins & Associates to help prepare us for our last five Joint Commission surveys and have been extremely satisfied with the level of expertise and the quality of service we’ve received. We are a complex organization surveyed by TJC under both Hospital and Behavioral Health standards and need a consultant who not only understands both sets of standards but also helps us focus on the areas that will bring us the best results for the survey and beyond. Barrins & Associates does that in a way that is always customer friendly, reliable, and responsive. I wholeheartedly recommend them to other behavioral health organizations seeking a TJC consultant.

We used Barrins & Associates as our Joint Commission consultants a few years ago for our initial accreditation. We were totally new to the world of TJC and needed the help of an expert to help us through the process. We found that, and more, in Barrins & Associates. They provided the direction, insight and experience that enabled us to achieve our vision of Joint Commission accreditation on our first try! I highly recommend them to any BH organization seeking TJC accreditation!

We’ve worked with Barrins & Associates for eight years. Follow their lead, and you will not only achieve Joint Commission accreditation but improve practice as well.

With the help of Barrins & Associates, we just achieved our initial TJC accreditation. They led us through all aspects of our survey preparation including staff training, action plan, life safety code review and mock survey. We were extremely satisfied with the quality of consultation that they delivered. It’s clear that Barrins & Associates are the experts in Joint Commission readiness for the behavioral healthcare field. We highly recommend them to any psychiatric hospital or BH organization seeking TJC readiness consultation.