Definition of "accredits" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accredit. (verb)

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• "Regulations for ACOs from the Department of Health and Human Services are pending, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a nonprofit that accredits health-care organizations, is in the process of developing ways to accredit the groups."
• "The rankings were produced by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the main U.S. group that sets measurement standards for health insurance, accredits managed care plans, measures the quality of care they achieve, and publicly reports its findings."
• "The National Association of Medical Examiners, a nonprofit body that inspects and accredits morgues, issued a blistering inspection report in 2000 identifying more than 50 significant problems at the agency's facilities."