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FSPHP Evaluation and Treatment Accreditation™
(FSPHP-ETA™)

What is ETA™?

The purpose of the FSPHP Evaluation and Treatment Accreditation™ (FSPHP-ETA™) program is to recognize evaluation and treatment services that are qualified to specialize in the care of medical students, residents, career physicians, and other healthcare workers in safety-sensitive occupational roles, through a valid, reliable, and rational assessment process that demonstrates compliance with objective standards. The FSPHP-ETA™ program will encourage consistency of quality and quality improvement among providers who work with this safety-sensitive population.

Why participate in a ETA™?

  • To distinguish qualified entities to evaluate and treat healthcare workers in safety-sensitive occupational roles.
  • To validate visibility, prestige, opportunities, and utilization by PHPs and other organizations that monitor healthcare workers in safety-sensitive occupational roles
  • To enhance the effectiveness of evaluation and treatment processes that will help to optimize outcomes.
  • To provide the PHP guidance for selecting evaluation and treatment entities based on objective criteria.
  • To provide Insurance or other third-party payer recognition/reimbursement.
  • To demonstrate to the public your entity’s dedication to high standards of quality care for safety-sensitive healthcare professionals.
  • To obtain education and consultation regarding standards of care for safety-sensitive healthcare professionals.
  • To participate in the sharing of best practices, enhance transparency, accountability, consistency, and excellence and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • To offer opportunities for various stakeholders to engage collaboratively in data-gathering and participation in the development of consensus-based standards of care for healthcare workers in safety-sensitive occupational roles, including healthcare professionals

What entities are eligible for ETA™ Accreditation?

  1. Geographic and Operational Considerations
    1. The FSPHP-ETA™ program is geographically global in scope. Evaluation and / or treatment providers anywhere in the world are eligible to apply for the FSPHP-ETA™ program. Entities must have the ability to tailor and nuance the safety-sensitive concerns unique to practice within the jurisdiction(s) applicable to the entity.

    2. Entity must be operational for one (1) year under the current policies and procedures or have a minimum of ten (10) charts available for review.

    3. All policies and procedures should be relevant and consistent with the entity’s practice. Any template or “boilerplate” policies used in the production of the entity’s policies should be carefully tailored to describe the actual practice of the entity. If the entity is using rules and / or regulations as its policy, the sections pertaining to the entity must be clearly marked (highlighted).

    4. At the time of the on-site assessment, consultants used to prepare the facility for the assessment are able to observe the assessment, but should not take part in the assessment.

  2. Type of Client Served
    1. The FSPHP-ETA™ program is exclusively for entities that provide evaluation and/or treatment services to healthcare workers in safety-sensitive occupational roles. 

    2. During the application process, entities shall specify the cohort(s) with which the entity claims to have specialized qualification to treat; criteria shall be assessed within the context of the claimed cohort(s).

  3. Scope of Services Offered
    1. The FSPHP-ETA™ program is exclusively for entities that either perform fitness-for-duty assessments / evaluations or deliver treatment.

    2. FSPHP-ETA™ accreditation includes a base credential for both evaluation and treatment entities, with an endorsement module for entities that provide fitness-for-duty evaluations / assessments, and a separate endorsement module for entities that provide treatment. It is mandatory to apply for at least one of these two endorsement modules in addition to the base accreditation. The base accreditation is required for either endorsement module.

    3. Entities that provide both fitness-for-duty evaluations and treatment may apply for both endorsement modules.

    4. Entities that perform competency evaluations (of participants’ occupational knowledge, skills, and abilities i.e., fitness-to-practice) but do not provide either fitness-for-duty evaluations or treatment are NOT eligible for FSPHP-ETA™ accreditation.

  4. Levels of Care Provided
    1. Entities that provide treatment at an outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential, or inpatient level of care are eligible for FSPHP-ETA™ accreditation with the Treatment endorsement in the FSPHP-ETA™ program.

    2. During the application process, entities applying for the Treatment endorsement shall specify which level(s) of care they have the capacity to provide. That capability will be assessed, and if the entity becomes accredited, the FSPHP-ETA™ accreditation Treatment endorsement shall specify the scope of level(s) of care for which the entity has been accredited. 

  5. Types of Disorders Evaluated / Treated
    1. For entities applying for FSPHP-ETA™ accreditation with the Evaluation endorsement, the entity must have the capacity and resources to assess any condition that may lead to impairment, such as: psychiatric disorders, medical disorders and conditions, process disorders, disruptive behaviors, professional sexual misconduct and boundary issues, chronic pain, substance use disorders, and neurocognitive disorders.

      During the application process, entities applying for the Evaluation endorsement shall specify what they have the capacity and resources to assess. That capability will be assessed, and if the entity becomes accredited, the FSPHP-ETA™ accreditation Evaluation endorsement shall specify the scope for which the entity has been accredited. 

    2. For entities applying for FSPHP-ETA™ accreditation with the Treatment endorsement, the entity must have the capacity and resources to treat any condition that may lead to impairment, such as: psychiatric disorders, medical disorders, process disorders, disruptive behavior, professional sexual misconduct and boundary issues, chronic pain, substance use disorders, and neurocognitive disorders.

      During the application process, entities applying for the Treatment endorsement shall specify which disorders they have the capacity to treat. That capability will be assessed, and if the entity becomes accredited, the FSPHP-ETA™ accreditation Treatment endorsement shall specify the scope of disorders for which the entity has been accredited. 

  6. Treatment Modalities
    1. For entities applying for FSPHP-ETA™ accreditation with the Treatment endorsement, the entity must offer multiple evidence-based treatment modalities appropriate to healthcare workers in safety-sensitive occupational roles and individualized to the participant’s needs. 

What is involved?

  • Entity purchases FSPHP-ETA™ Standards
  • Entity fills in an application available on FSPHP website (link to Application)
  • Applicant submits application, supporting documents, and Accreditation Fee
  • FSPHP-ETA™ staff randomly assigns SME Assessor
  • Entity is asked about any COI w/ SME; NDAs signed
  • Doodle poll to schedule on-site assessment
  • SME Assessor performs desk assessment
  • SME Assessor performs on-site assessment 

What does it Cost?

The FSPHP-ETA™ Accreditation Fee (covers the full accreditation assessment and includes SME Assessor Fee and Travel Expense)

  • FSPHP-ETA™ Accreditation Assessment Fee - $13,000.00
  • FSPHP-ETA™ Standards - $499

How do we prepare our Entity?

  • Order the FSPHP-ETA™ Standards
  • Review your policy and procedure manuals
  • Perform an internal gap analysis to align policies with FSPHP-ETA™ Standards criteria and metrics

Perform an internal records review to verify that participant charts reflect adherence to your policies and to the FSPHP-ETA™ Standards criteria and metrics.