ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, 2012, David Shapiro, MD, partner at Ambulatory Surgery Company, discussed the new federal quality reporting system and what ambulatory surgery centers can do to…

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, 2012, Nancy Jo Vinson, RN, CASC, principal at NJM Consulting and surveyor at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, discussed the most common…

St. Francis Hospital & Health Services in Maryville, Mo., has achieved Joint Commission accreditation, according to a Maryville Daily Forum report.

Advanced Orthopaedics Office Practice and Surgical Suite in Richmond, Va., received its fourth re-accreditation from AAAHC in May.

United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia, N.Y., has achieved accreditation by The Joint Commission, according to a Daily News report.

Pinnacle III-managed Peak One Surgery Center in Frisco, Colo., has recertified its accreditation by the AAAHC.

Easton (Pa.) Hospital has achieved accreditation by The Joint Commission, according to a Lehigh Valley Live report.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care announced changes to the early option/initial Medicare deem status surveys that will affect ambulatory surgery centers beginning July 1.

The Joint Commission has issued a revision for an element of performance under the waved testing standard.

The student health center at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte has received an additional three years of accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.