Results of the federal investigation into Joan Rivers' death following an elective procedure at New York-based Yorkville Endoscopy have been released, and they show the center made several preventable errors to which her death could be attributed.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
The Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a webinar on Ebola protocols and containing the spread of the disease.
Which sentinel events related to health IT are most common in ambulatory settings? According to a research collaboration between The Joint Commission and the the Office of the National Coordinator, sentinel events in ambulatory settings have the potential to seriously…
The following are four articles on anesthesia safety and quality in the ambulatory surgery center setting.
Flu season officially started on Oct. 1, 2014. ASCs are required to collect data on ASC-8: Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel from Oct. 1 through March 31, 2015, as part of Medicare’s ASC Quality Reporting Program. ASCs must register…
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Two AmSurg centers have successfully completed their surveys from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a post on the AmSurg Leadership Blog.
The Joint Commission has revised several of its elements of performance for ambulatory surgery centers using The Joint Commission's deemed status option.
One of the biggest concerns for ambulatory surgery center operators is Medicare inspections and accreditation survey readiness.
The first step in streamlining an ASC’s Medicare survey for Life Safety Code® (LSC) compliance is to understand where requirements come from, and that is the CMS "State Operations Manual, Appendix L – Guidance for Surveyors: Ambulatory Surgical Centers." The…
At the Becker's ASC 21st Annual Meeting — The Business and Operations of ASCs, Oct. 23 to 25, in Chicago, Sharon Kimbrough, CPCS, CPMSM, manager, medical staff services and credentialing at Surgical Care Affiliates, discussed the importance of physician credentialing…