ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care offers several different types of accreditation surveys.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has accredited the most freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in California, with 435 centers, according to a report from the California HealthCare Foundation.

The Joint Commission's accreditation process begins with on-site surveys that are typically conducted by one surveyor over two days, according to the 2014 Ambulatory Care Accreditation Overview.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Standards describe organizational characteristics that AAAHC deems to be essential for high-quality patient care.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health can now grant deemed status to hospitals for licensure purposes if the hospitals have been nationally accredited, according to a Mondaq report.

Here are 10 survey eligibility criteria for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care's accreditation survey:

The Joint Commission offers an Accreditation Publicity Toolkit that includes suggestions for celebrating an organizations accreditation achievement and for publicizing the achievement.

The Joint Commission has approved and released a number of revisions to the Primary Care Medical Home requirements applicable to ambulatory care organizations as part of its Prepublication Standards.

According to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, it can revoke or deny accreditation to an organization at any time and without prior notice.

The Joint Commission has released the 2014 Survey Activity Guide for ambulatory healthcare organizations.