ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Joint Commission has released 2013 Patient Safety Goals for hospitals.

The Joint Commission has released 2013 Patient Safety Goals for ambulatory care and office-based surgery.

Forty percent of all Joint Commission hospital surveys in 2011 and in the first half of 2012 included findings for standard EC.02.03.05, which requires documentation of the maintenance, inspection and testing of fire safety features.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 27, Alice Epstein, director of risk control at CNA HealthPro, presented on compliance essentials for the life safety code in ASCs.

The American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities has announced that preeminent plastic surgeon Geoffrey R. Keyes, MD, FACS, has been elected the association's new board president.

At the 19th annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 26, Gina Dolsen, RN, BSN, MA, vice president of operations for Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners and an Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care surveyor, provided eight tips…

Humble (Texas) Surgical Hospital has received The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval, according to an Ultimate Lake Houston report.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 25, Beverly Robins, director of accreditation and certification services at Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, discusses three key issues related to HFAP accreditation.

The American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities has elected Geoffrey R. Keyes, MD, as its new board president, according to a Daily Herald report.

Exeter (N.H.) Hospital failed to demonstrate compliance to federal patient safety standards and has until the end of the year to remedy those shortfalls, according to a Seacoast Online report.