ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium has given Indiana University Health Blackford Hospital in Hartford City heart failure accreditation, according to a report by The Star Press. 

The American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery has named the bariatric surgery program at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has granted accreditation to Body By Beleza in Cedar Park, Texas.

The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has granted three-year accreditation to the Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center at Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., according to a Gazettes report.

The Joint Commission has given its Gold Seal of Approval to Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, N.Y., according to an Adirondack Daily Enterprise report.

The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has granted three-year accreditation to the cancer program at Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., according to a Woonsocket Patch report.

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University Hospital in August, Ga., has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval, according to a WJBF report.

The Joint Commission has given its Gold Seal of Approval to Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana, Mo., according to a report by The Louisiana Press Journal.

BlueCross BlueShield has named William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Conn., a Blue Distinction Center for hip and knee replacement surgery, according to a Norwich Bulletin report.