ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Joint Commission will host a free webinar featuring informational updates on the reinvented accreditation program for nursing care centers.

Danville, Ill.-based Ambulatory Care Center for Excellence in Surgical Services in has earned a three-year accreditation for ambulatory healthcare from the Joint Commission, according to a report from The News Gazette.

According to a report from Nancy Thomas, MD, in EyeNet Magazine, there are three key things ambulatory surgery centers should have available when accreditation surveyors arrive to make the process run as smoothly as possible.

The Joint Commission has recently made an updated version of its 2013 Survey Activity Guide for Health Care Organizations available for download.

SpineCenterAtlanta, a comprehensive spine care facility, has received an accreditation from the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.

Clearly communicating quality benchmarking is an important part of the accreditation surveying process. The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement provides recommendations for structuring quality improvement benchmarking findings for easier presentation during accreditation surveys.

Erin S. Dupree, MD, has been appointed CMO and vice president of the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare.

The Endoscopy Center of Savannah (Ga.) has earned accreditation from the Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a savannahnow.com report.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care is currently accepting applicants for its 2014 accreditation surveyor training classes.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has announced that is has engaged Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs to bring accreditation issues to the attention of legislators.