ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Joint Commission has granted its Gold Seal of Approval to Columbus (Neb.) Community Hospital, according to a columbustelegram.com report.

The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association have granted the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Stoke & Cerebrovascular Center advanced certification as comprehensive stroke center.

The Joint Commission has announced that effective immediately all of its certification program decisions only have two possible results: certified or not certified.

The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has granted Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Center for Cancer Care in Lake Barrington, Ill., three-year accreditation with commendation, according to a Daily Herald report.

DNV Healthcare has granted St. Luke's Patients Medical Center in Pasadena, Texas, national accreditation, according to a report by The Pasadena Citizen.

The American College of Surgeons' Bariatric Surgery Center Network has accredited the bariatric surgery program at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn., according to a Duluth News Tribune report.

At the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain-Management Driven ASC Conference on June 14, Marcia A. Friesen, RN, president of Orthopaedic Advantage, a healthcare consulting company, shared 10 considerations for designing and implementing high-performing orthopedic centers of excellence.

At the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference June 13, Steven A. Gunderson, DO, CEO and medical director of Rockford (Ill.) Ambulatory Surgery Center and surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, discussed common accreditation…

Singing River Health System's Regional Cancer Center has earned three-year accreditation from the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer, according to a gulflive.com report.

The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program recently released the downloadable online version of its 2012-2013 Accreditation Requirements for Ambulatory Surgical Center manual.