ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities has reaccredited Atlantic Plastic Surgery Center in Portsmouth, N.H.

The Federal Register has announced the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care application to be recognized as an accrediting body for Qualified Health Plans has been accepted. 

Here are seven current benchmarking studies offered by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Here are four ways that healthcare organizations can identify quality measures that emphasize accountability, according to the Joint Commission.

Here are five ways that ambulatory surgery centers can promote community awareness of successful completion of the accreditation process, according to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

GastroIntestinal Healthcare, based in Raleigh, N.C., has received three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

According to a patient safety toolkit, released by AAAHC's Institute for Quality Improvement, some procedures commonly performed in the ambulatory surgery center setting have relatively high risks for venous thromboembolism.

Community Bariatric Services-Hamilton in Noblesville, Ind., an outpatient bariatric surgery center, announced it has achieved the Bariatric Center of Excellence certification by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Samaritan Endoscopy Center in Corvallis, Ore., has earned accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a Corvallis Gazette-Times report.

The following ambulatory healthcare facilities earned accreditation or reaccreditation within the last month, beginning with the most recent.