ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Accreditation Association for Hospitals/Health Systems granted its first-ever critical access hospital accreditation.

Long Island Hand & Orthopedic Surgery Center in Huntington, N.Y., received re-accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities granted accreditation to Mountcastle Plastic Surgery & Vein Institute in Virginia.

Davis (Calif.) Surgery Center achieved accreditation.

The Endoscopy Center of Southeast Texas in Beaumont achieved accreditation.

The Joint Commission appointed David W. Baker, MD, the inaugural editor-in-chief of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities granted accreditation to five surgical facilities in New York in August.

Five facilities in Illinois recently received American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities in August.

The Accreditation Association for Hospitals and Health Systems acquired Health Facilities Accreditation Program from the American Osteopathic Association.

Here are six facts about scoring and accreditation from The Joint Commission: