Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs in Ashland is prohibited from accepting new patients after state officials discovered “serious deficiencies and violations” that they said threatened patient safety, according to a Republican Herald report. Read the full report in Becker’s…
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
The following article was written by Chris McMenemy, vice president of Ortmann Healthcare Consultants. So Medicare paid you a surprise visit and the result, unfortunately, was a Plan of Correction. Although you most likely are feeling a great deal of…
The Joint Commission has released a table of the most challenging standards in 2011 for each type of healthcare, including ambulatory healthcare and hospitals. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on The Joint Commission.
New Vision Surgical Center in Vero Beach, Fla., has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a TCPalm report.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a bill that now requires hospitals, outpatient surgical facilities and dialysis centers to report infection rates to the state’s Department of Health, which in turn will publish the data on an annual basis, according…
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El Paso (Texas) Children's Hospital has achieved accreditation by The Joint Commission, according to an El Paso Inc. report.
CMS officials have lifted the “immediate jeopardy” status placed on Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, N.C., last month, according to a Statesville report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Iredell Memorial Hospital.
Knoxville (Tenn.) Kidney Center has received accreditation by The Joint Commission, according to a WBIR report.
Minnesota state officials are investigating a surgical fire that occurred at New River Medical Center in Monticello late last month, according to a KSTP report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on New River Medical Center.
CMS has issued a report outlining several safety violations at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, Calif.,, according to a Mercury News report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Natividad Medical Center.