Joint Commission and CMS Accreditation Consulting Service Testimonials

The Barrins consultant was very knowledgeable regarding the standards and strategies for compliance with the standards. She was extremely helpful in offering suggestions regarding how we can improve our overall practices. I would recommend this consultant to other organizations.

We are heading into day 2 of our mock survey and I want you to know how pleased we are with Marianne. She’s a pleasure to work with and incredibly knowledgeable. We are already feeling more prepared for our upcoming survey.

“I want to thank you for all your efforts in making this mock survey for NDSH possible. The impact you are making in the quality of care for the entire State of ND is impressive. Your engagement, style and competency brings the strength to an organization to make the challenging changes needed going forward. Please extend our thanks and gratitude to you and your team for the excellent work provided and the impact you are making on quality patient care.”

I wanted to reach out to say it was lovely to meet with you. It’s always great to have fresh eyes looking at all the processes we are utilizing and keep us inspired and moving towards excellence in care.

The Barrins consultant surveyed very closely to how a real TJC surveyor completes their survey. He was professional, polite, kind, and knowledgeable. He gave staff a chance to learn and improve for when they are in front of a Joint Commission surveyor. His feedback was valued and appreciated by our entire organization.​

We engaged Barrins & Associates after having multiple documents cited in a recent Joint Commission survey (HVA, plan templates, EOC testing documentation, etc.). We worked closely with the Barrins Life Safety Consultant to develop tools quickly and were able to avoid citations at our next survey just weeks later. Having the Barrins’ consultant’s expertise and these tried-and-true templates and tools available saved our QA person “dozens of hours” of trying to develop her own templates and led to a successful survey.

Our consultant was excellent in getting his points across in ways that helped us to understand we really needed to pay attention. He catches both those finer points as well as broad systemic concerns and is great at pulling them together in a way that makes sense. He also was helpful in reaching directly out to JC to answer some sticky questions.

Staff at the National Association of Behavioral Health 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.

Your consultant was knowledgeable, detail oriented and very approachable and helpful to work with. It has been a pleasure to work with her. She was able to clearly point out areas where our policies were not translating into best practice. Her consultation on risk assessment and management was particularly useful.

“We are so appreciative of the opportunity to work with the Barrins consultants! Having been through various mock surveys over the years that only increased stress upon staff and were counterproductive to actual quality, I find myself saying on many occasions that the reason the surveys in which we engage with Barrins & Associates are so effective is absolutely all about our surveyors. Their collaborative approach makes for a truly interactive process while their unyielding commitment to the integrity of the survey and accountability to sound patient care helps us remain aware of our ultimate responsibility to those whom we serve. I know I speak for my entire team when I say that we ourselves enjoyed our time last week as well!”

Again, I can’t begin to tell you what a pleasure it was to work with your Life Safety consultant during the survey. He is a wealth of knowledge and a true professional.

Your consultants’ vast knowledge base and BH expertise provides reassurance to our team that we are survey ready and committed to continuous quality improvement. The only way the consultants could improve is to clone yourselves. The check-ins, reassessments, and mock surveys are invaluable to our staff. I learn every time we spend time together. Thank you for your commitment to continuous quality improvement

“I would like to Thank the Barrins’ consulting team for their professionalism, knowledge and support during this process!!”

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.