ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Joint Commission and American Heart Association/American Stroke Association have granted Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, N.J., advanced certification as a comprehensive stroke center.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have recently surveyed six AMSURG affiliated surgery centers and found no deficiencies.

The Joint Commission has granted its Gold Seal of Approval to Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis, according to a stltoday.com report.

The American College of Surgeons' Bariatric Surgery Center Network has granted Health First LifeShape and the Melbourne (Fla.) Same-Day Surgery Center outpatient bariatric surgery center accreditation, according to a Space Coast Daily report.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a decision memo that proposes to end certification requirements for bariatric surgery centers, according to a Clinical Endocrinology News report.  

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has announced that its standards have been licensed to be used in the software tools of Basha and Power DMS.

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has named the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center a Blue Distinction Center+ for quality and cost-effective cardiac care.

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission has granted Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., three-year accreditation for echocardiography, according to a Chicago Tribune report.  

Bernard McDonnell, DO, is a retired physicians and current surveyor for the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. HFAP is aligned with CMS to ensure all hospitals and healthcare facilities are compliant with Medicare standards, regulations and conditions of participation.

The American College of Radiology has granted the Windham Hospital Center for Women's Health in Hebron, Conn., three-year accreditation for its mammography services, according to a report by The Courant.