ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Victory Surgical Hospital East Houston announced it has earned the Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation from the Joint Commission.

California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a bill into law updating ambulatory surgery center adverse event reporting requirements, according to a legislative update from the California Ambulatory Surgery Association.

Earning accreditation by the Joint Commission is a marker of a surgery center's commitment to patient care, and news of a center earning accreditation should be made public.

AAAHC International, the global arm of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has accredited MEDAVAN, an ambulatory surgery center in Peru.

Ninh Nguyen, MD, FACS, president-elect of ASMBS, responds to the CMS decision to drop its bariatric surgery accreditation requirement.

According to a patient safety toolkit, released by AAAHC's Institute for Quality Improvement, there are a number of steps that ambulatory surgery centers can take to reduce falls.

The Joint Commission has released a new toolkit aimed at preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections.

According to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, there are seven steps to accreditation that surgery centers should be aware of.

Ray Grundman, senior director of external relations at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and AAAHC surveyor, gives an inside look at nine common stumbling blocks along the road to a successful ambulatory surgery center accreditation survey.

North Central Surgical Center in Dallas announced it has been named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for 2013 by The Joint Commission.