John E. Burke, MD, is president and CEO of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. He has spent 18 years with the association and now plans to retire in June of this year.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
Premier Outpatient Surgery Center successfully completed an accreditation survey. The AmSurg-affiliated center underwent an Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care survey on Nov. 17 to 18. The ASC is also Medicare-certified and have a 99-plus percent patient satisfaction rate. The…
Premier Outpatient Surgery Center successfully completed an accreditation survey.
Mark G. Pelletier, RN, MS, is the COO, Accreditation and Certification Operations at The Joint Commission. He has executive leadership responsibilities for the accreditation and certification of more than 20,000 healthcare organizations and programs.
Since comedian Joan Rivers' fatal procedure Yorkville Endoscopy last year, the surgery center's problems have been compounding.
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Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York received Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care accreditation.
The Joint Commission recently launched a new infection prevention and healthcare-acquired infection portal.
New York-based Yorkville Endoscopy, the site of Joan Rivers' fatal procedure, will lose its CMS certification at the end of the month, according to an ABC News report.
Foad Nahai, MD, is a plastic surgeon at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta and the president-elect of the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, a position he's held since 2011. Dr. Nahai has also been president of the…
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care granted reaccreditation to Phelps Medical Associates-Gastroenterology, according to an Ossining-Croton-On-Hudson Patch report.