The Roy A. Himelfarb Surgery Center in Chambersburg, Pa., has been awarded a three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
According to the 2014 Ambulatory Care Accreditation Overview, for an ambulatory care organization to be eligible for Joint Commission accreditation, it must:
The following ambulatory healthcare facilities earned accreditation or reaccreditation within the last month, beginning with the most recent.
Lewes (Del.) Surgery Center has earned accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a Cape Gazette report.
The Joint Commission requires that an accredited or certified program or organization accurately describe the nature and meaning of its accreditation or certification.
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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.