ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Joint Commission has performance measures focused on accountability.

North Queens Surgical Center in Bayside, N.Y., earned accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to an AAAHC newsletter.

Three AmSurg GI/endoscopy centers underwent successful Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care surveys.

Prairie States Surgical Center in South Dakota received Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care accreditation, according to the AAAHC newsletter.

The Joint Commission released a list of the most frequent sentinel events last year.

Ridgeline Endoscopy Center in Utah received accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care after a recent survey, according to the AAAHC newsletter.

The Joint Commission partnered with the American Society for Health Engineering to reduce non-compliance with the top eight Environmental Care/Life Safety standards.

Here are 10 statistics on the setting of sentinel events from 2004 through the second quarter of 2015, reported by The Joint Commission.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care accredited the Florence Neurosurgery & Spine center in South Carolina, according to an AAAHC newsletter.

The Vancouver (Wash.) Clinic’s ambulatory surgery center received Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care accreditation.