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CHAS Accreditation Criteria
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Only Applicants with a valid licence under the Private Hospitals and Medical Act (Cap. 248)
(“PHMCA”, or any re-enactment under a different name) should apply to participate in the Community Health Assist Scheme (“CHAS”).
Where the Applicant is a medical clinic, the clinic and general practitioner are required to be accredited under the Chronic Disease Management Programme
in order to apply to participate in CHAS.
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In addition, Applicants are required to appoint a minimum of two (2) staff members,
at least one of whom must hold a valid practising license issued by the Singapore Medical Council or the Singapore Dental Council (as applicable),
to undergo and complete training on CHAS conducted online.CHAS e-learning is mandatory.These staff members shall be responsible to disseminate knowledge of all content in such CHAS training to the Applicant and its staff/personnel after completing the training.
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Further, please note that the Government has the sole and absolute discretion to accept or reject an Applicant’s application to participate in CHAS. The applications will be assessed based on various criteria, including but not limited to the following:
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whether the Applicant, the person(s) having management or control of the Applicant (“the Applicant’s Controlling Person(s)”), the person(s) indicated as the licensee in the licence issued under the PHMCA or any re-enactment under a different name (“Licensee(s)”), and/or the clinic manager in the application form submitted by the Applicant (“Clinic Manager”) have the ability and capacity to submit accurate Claim Forms and Clinical Indicators Reports for the Healthcare Services provided by the clinic(s);
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whether the Applicant’s charges, before Subsidy, for Healthcare Services provided by the Applicant, whether past or present, are reasonable (as assessed by the Government);
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whether the Applicant, the Applicant’s Controlling Person(s), the Licensee(s) and/or the Clinic Manager have a satisfactory track record under any applicable legislation or MOH healthcare financing or assistance schemes, including but not limited to:
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whether the Applicant, the Applicant’s Controlling Person(s), the Licensee(s) and/or the Clinic Manager owe any monies to the Government and/or have not completed their remedial actions for breaches in relation to any Government healthcare financing or assistance schemes (including CHAS);
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whether the Applicant, the Applicant’s Controlling Person(s), the Licensee(s) and/or the Clinic Manager was/is management and/or personnel/staff of a clinic suspended or terminated from any Government healthcare financing or assistance schemes (including CHAS), whether in the past or present;
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whether the Applicant, the Applicant’s Controlling Person(s), the Licensee(s) and/or the Clinic Manager had any involvement or suspected involvement in the following, whether past or present:
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infringement of any healthcare licensing legislation, including the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) or the Dental Registration Act (Cap. 76);
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infringement of any professional or ethical guidelines and codes of conduct as may be applicable to the Applicant, the Applicant’s Controlling Person(s), the Licensee(s) and/or the Clinic Manager;
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conviction of any criminal offence specified in the Third Schedule to the Registration of Criminals Act (Cap. 268) or any other offence involving abuse, ill-treatment, assault or physical violence; and/or
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investigation by the Government and/or other relevant authorities relating to CHAS and/or fraud; and
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whether the Applicant, the Applicant’s Controlling Person(s), the Licensee(s) and/or the Clinic Manager is/are deemed fit and proper persons (as assessed by the Government) to be participating in CHAS.
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