The UF Health Florida Recovery Center has earned an important accreditation, paving the way for other addiction treatment centers across the country.
The Federation of State Physician Health Programs, or FSPHP, is a national membership association overseeing all the state monitoring agencies for physicians and other licensed individuals. For over two years, the FSPHP has worked to create an accreditation as part of an effort to develop national criteria for standards of care that hadn’t existed before.
The UF Health FRC was one of the pilot programs to apply for accreditation, and we are now recognized as the first facility to receive it. The distinction acknowledges evaluation and treatment services demonstrating compliance with “objective standards through a valid, reliable, and rational assessment process.”
“The FSPHP Evaluation and Treatment Accreditation program will encourage consistency of quality and quality improvement among providers who work with safety-sensitive populations including medical students, residents, career physicians, and other workers in safety-sensitive occupational roles,” according to the FSPHP’s website.
The accreditation became effective on Oct. 25, 2024, and expires on Oct. 24, 2027.