Welcome to AHFSA

The Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies (AHFSA) web site has been developed to provide information about our organization, to allow us to share information about the programs we are responsible for, and to offer links to other web sites where interested persons can learn about licensing, certifying, and inspecting health care providers.  Feel free to explore the site and learn more about us.

AHFSA is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for health care regulatory agency directors and managers to address common interests, concerns, and health care program issues.  The state licensing and certification agencies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are members of our organization.

I hope you find this site informative and useful.  Add us to your "Favorites" list and please share your comments or suggestions about the site with our Corresponding Secretary at  cindy.deporter@dhhs.nc.gov

Thanks for visiting,
Mike Cook
AHFSA President  2017-2018


Our Mission

The mission of the Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies (AHFSA) is to strengthen the role of its member state agencies in advocating, establishing, overseeing, and coordinating health care standards that will assure the highest practicable quality of health care for all state and federally regulated health care providers.

These goals are met through member advocacy to various organizations and agencies; through the gathering, communicating and exchanging of health related information; through advice and recommendation to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Inc. (ASTHO) and other health care agencies, associations and entities; through helping to improve the quality of state and territorial health survey programs; and, through the professional development of its members. 

2017-2018 AHFSA Officers 

Mike Cook - President 
mikec@health.ok.gov

Dean Linneman - Past President
dean.linneman@health.mo.gov

Laura Hudspeth - President Elect
laura.hudspeth@wyo.gov

Stefanie Mozgai - Vice President
Stefanie.Mozgai@doh.nj.gov

Susan Coble- Treasurer 

Cindy DePorter - Corresponding Secretary
Cindy.Deporter@dhhs.nc.gov

Mary Jo Roue -  Recording Secretary
rouemj@dhec.sc.gov