ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Minnesota Department of Health provides two free, downloadable posters to remind people to wash their hands.

The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program and the AOA Bureau of Hospitals recently held a collaborative webcast focusing on how one hospital implemented the HFAP standards designed to improve patient safety at discharge, and this webcast is now available for replay.

The Joint Commission has announced it has revised several elements of performance to meet the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988.

Consulting group Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group has submitted to CMS a report detailing Parkland Memorial Hospital's deficiencies, which will be followed by submission of an action plan to CMS by Feb. 3, according to a Dallas Business Journal…

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has issued an alert to California surgery centers regarding changes to the accreditation process.

Federal regulators have accepted a corrective action plan to fix telemetry deficiencies at Cape Fear Valley Health System in Fayetteville, N.C., allowing the health system to keep its Medicare funding, according to a WRAL report.

The Connecticut Medical Examining Board has fined two Connecticut physicians for patient safety reasons, according to a New Haven Independent report.

The Minnesota Department of Health provides a free, downloadable poster that encourages people with a fever or cough not to visit an organization.

The Georgia Department of Community Health has published a Q&A addressing how many prep and recovery positions are required in a Georgia ambulatory surgery center.

Joel B. Singer, MD, a plastic surgeon from Westport, Conn., has been fined and reprimanded by the state's Medical Examining Board for violating several patient safety standards, according to a Day report.