ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

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.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has used a pocket veto on the recently approved bill that would require licensing for one-operating room surgery centers.

The Minnesota Hospital Association provides a free, downloadable "safe site recommendations for interventional radiology" document.