AAAHC guides
Each guide answers one question a provider in United States asks about AAAHC, from the official sources it cites. There are 7 guides across 5 topics, last checked on 15 October 2026.
Step-by-step guides to preparing for AAAHC, from the v44 Standards to a mock survey and office surgery rules, each with templates you can copy and the sources behind it. Each guide ends with how wai does the work.
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How the guides map to the AAAHC framework
The hub sets out the 8 headings AAAHC works to, and the guides take them one task at a time.
The 8 headings on the AAAHC hub
- Patient Rights, Responsibilities, and Protections, 4 named standards on the hub. Privacy, informed consent and confidentiality of every patient's clinical information.
- Governance, 3 named standards on the hub. The governing body holds responsibility for scope of services, major contracts, quality and risk.
- Credentialing and Privileging, 3 named standards on the hub. Each privilege is granted on objective evidence of training, experience and current competence.
- Quality, 2 named standards on the hub. Data collection that finds problems, and QI studies that show continuous improvement. Guides filed under Quality, Quality improvement studies that pass.
- Clinical Records, 5 named standards on the hub. Accurate, organised, authenticated records, kept secure, with allergies and outside reports in them.
- Care Management and Coordination, 5 named standards on the hub. Care consistent with the standard of care, patients informed, and outside records brought in.
- Safety, 4 named standards on the hub. Reporting of near misses and adverse incidents, review of each one, and corrective action.
- Anesthesia and Surgical Services, 2 named standards on the hub. Patient selection, monitoring and recovery matched to the procedures and anesthesia the organisation offers.
The 5 topics the guides are filed under
- Standards, 1 guide and about 8 minutes of reading. The v44 Standards, what changed.
- Survey, 3 guides and about 25 minutes of reading. The AAAHC survey checklist, Running an AAAHC mock survey and Questions AAAHC surveyors ask.
- Quality, 1 guide and about 8 minutes of reading. Quality improvement studies that pass.
- Records, 1 guide and about 8 minutes of reading. Clinical records that pass an AAAHC survey.
- States, 1 guide and about 9 minutes of reading. Office-based surgery accreditation by state.
Questions about the AAAHC guides
Which AAAHC guide should I read first?
Start with The v44 Standards, what changed, the first guide on this page, about 8 minutes of reading, filed under Standards. The other 6 each stand on their own, so take them in the order your own preparation needs.
How do these guides relate to the AAAHC hub?
The AAAHC hub sets out the 8 headings AAAHC works to and how wai evidences each one. Each guide goes one level down, to a single task, with steps to follow, a template to copy, answers to common questions and the sources behind it.
How current are the AAAHC guides?
Every guide shows the date its facts were checked against the official sources it cites. All 7 were checked on 15 October 2026, the same date the hub shows beside its Updated line.
Are the AAAHC guides legal advice?
They are guidance, not legal advice, written from what AAAHC publishes, with a link to the source for each fact. AAAHC does not endorse wai or any software, and the accreditation decision for your organisation is decided by AAAHC.
How do I request a demo for AAAHC?
Request a demo from this page and it reaches the wai team with AAAHC already named, so the call starts from AAAHC rather than a general tour. You can also write to team@wellnessa-i.com.
Run your AAAHC readiness on wai.
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