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…
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
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.
According to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare, failure of Standard 8.E, related to emergency preparation for ASCs, is one of the most commonly partially compliant or noncompliant standards the organization sees during ASC surveys. According to the AAAHC's Triangle…
According to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, standard 8.E was the most commonly partially compliant or non-compliant standard during surveys using 2012 accreditation handbooks. Here are four tips from the AAAHC's Triangle Times for improving compliance with standard…
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The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses' annual awareness campaign for the surgical time out, National Time Out Day, will fall June 11, 2014.
The Joint Commission has released an infographic guide on anesthesia and sedation for explaining the processes to patients.
Before meeting with a surveyor, ASCs should ensure they have a "ready to go" list — a document that outlines paperwork that must be at the ready for an accreditation survey to proceed, according to a post on The Joint…
According to The Joint Commission's newsletter Quick Safety, the organization is increasingly finding noncompliance with standard IC.02.02.01, which concerns risk reduction for infection transmission associated with medical equipment, supplies and devices.
Keeping dantrolene stocked in ASCs could cost-effectively prevent more than 30 malignant hyperthermia deaths each year, according to an article in Anesthesiology.