ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

"Emergencies are not limited to inpatient-only [facilities]."

The Joint Commission has merged its ambulatory blogs, Musings…Ambulatory Patient Safety and Ambulatory Buzz into one blog under the Ambulatory Buzz name, according to a post on the blog.

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities has announced its peer review system will be open July 1, 2014 and remain open until August 15, 2014.

This Friday, June 20, 2014, marks the first day of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care's conference, Achieving Accreditation, which will be held in Chicago.

After 18 years with the association, John E. Burke, PhD, president and CEO of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has announced he will retire in June 2015.

The following are 13 tips for safe and appropriate use of single-dose and multiple-dose vials for injected medication from The Joint Commission's recent sentinel alert on the subject:

The Joint Commission has released a new issue of Sentinel Event Alert, a periodic publication on safety issues organizations should consider when designing or redesigning processes in their facilities. The current issue addresses preventing infection from the misuse of vials.

At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + Future of Spine on June 12, 2014 in Chicago, Ray Grundman, senior director of external relations for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, shared some of the…

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care chair of the AAAHC Health Plan Advisory Committee and surveyor Karen Connolly, RN is representing AAAHC on two CMS panels addressing health plan requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

According to posts on the AmSurg Leadership Blog, three AmSurg centers successfully completed Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care surveys in late May.