ARLINGTON, Va. (January 4, 2022)—Barbara McCann BSW MA, the Community Health Accreditation Partner’s (CHAP) chief quality officer, retired effective Dec. 31, 2021.
McCann served as a member of the CHAP board and its chair prior to assuming the role of president and CEO from July 2017 to 2020, before being appointed chief quality officer. As the chief quality officer, McCann completed the revision of all CHAP manuals and implemented customer and expert panels to strengthen the patient-centered, partner-focused philosophy of CHAP.
As the public health emergency emerged in April 2020, McCann initiated COVID-19 calls and webinars, leading a team of educators who have been a voice of CHAP for 21 months, interpreting guidelines from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, and related operational issues for community-based providers.
McCann began her career as a medical social worker in one of the 10 original hospices established as a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) demonstration. She worked in Washington to shape the hospice benefit while developing the first hospice standards under a Kellogg grant at TJC and the subsequent accreditation program. McCann’s 45-year career in health care has included infusion services with Baxter/Caremark, HMO quality measures with National Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and 19 years as the chief clinical officer and chief industry officer at Interim HealthCare. Throughout this time, she has worked on CMS Technical Expert Panels and co-chaired the NQF panel on chronic illness and has been honored by CMS, NHPCO, and NAHC for her contributions to the quality of hospice care.
In retirement, McCann will attempt to balance consulting, continued input on CHAP standards, spending time with her four grandchildren, and hopefully, ongoing travel.
“We thank Barbara for all the work she has done in health care. She has worked with other leaders to continue to bring a critical light to the quality of care for the vulnerable and ill at home, giving inspiration and resilience to those passionate about caring for others in the community,” CHAP said in a press release.
CHAP has partnered with community-based health care organizations since 1965. More than 6,500 organizations trust CHAP to advance the highest quality of home and community-based care through its standards, accreditation, education and research.
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