ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Waupun (Wis.) Memorial Hospital has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval, according to an fdl Reporter report.

Margaret Spear, MD, has recently been elected Chair of the Board for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Dr. Spear is an American College Health Association Fellow and currently serves as the senior director of university health services at…

The Joint Commission has named Georgia Regents Medical Center in Augusta an advanced comprehensive stroke center, according to an Atlanta Magazine report.

CMS has plans to delete data on eight hospital acquired conditions reported by hospitals nationwide from a hospital comparison website while a new set of conditions to monitor is developed, according to a report in the Boston Globe.

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has granted the Medical Center of Aurora (Colo.) its Get With the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award.

The Joint Commission has named Salem (Ore.) Spine Center a Center of Excellence in the area of spine surgery, according to a report by The Statesman Journal.

Cadence Health has announced that Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., has been named a comprehensive stroke center by the Joint Commission and American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Joint Commission International has announced the accreditation of its 500th organization.

The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has granted three-year accreditation to El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif.

Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health received national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs for its paramedic program, according to News Bug.