ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The following ambulatory healthcare facilities recently earned accreditation or reaccreditation.

Michael Kulczycki, executive director of The Joint Commission's ambulatory care program, offers four tips for being prepared for sentinel events at ASCs on the organization's blog, Ambulatory Buzz. The tips include:

Three GI endoscopy centers have been successfully accredited or reaccredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to an AmSurg blog post.

A recent study in Ontario, Canada, found surgical safety checklists may not be as effective in improving quality outcomes as previously believed, according to research published in New England Journal of Medicine.

The Joint Commission's blog, Ambulatory Buzz, offers tips on how to stay in compliance with the organization's accreditation requirements. The blog's March 11 post gives three tips to remember the proper treatment of medical gas, as per TJC's regulations. The…

vThe Joint Commission will host a session on understanding ambulatory accreditation, titled 'Ambulatory Care Accreditation Essentials,' Apr. 8 to 9 at its Oak Brook, Ill., headquarters, according to a post on the Ambulatory Buzz blog.

St. Cloud, Minn.-based Midsota Surgical Suites has announced reaccreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to the SC Times.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has announced it has received approval from the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance to accredit patient-centered Medical homes in the state.

March is Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness Month as designated by the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States.

While permanently preventing patient harms is not an easy task, managing patient safety from day-to-day may be as simple as applying the golden rule, according to a guest post from Pearl Darling, a senior specialist in The Joint Commission's Ambulatory…