ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore and researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago are offering a free program for ambulatory care practices on reducing unnecessary antibiotic use.

Infection prevention, safe injection practices, privileging, credentialing and documentation management were the most common deficiencies cited in ambulatory quality studies last year, according to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care 2019 quality roadmap.

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities appointed Monda Shaver, RN, BSN, as its chief regulatory affairs officer.

Fitzmaurice Hand Institute and Endotech Surgery Center in Scottsdale, Ariz., received dual accreditation from Surgical Review Corp.

Infection prevention, safe injection practices, privileging, credentialing and documentation management were the most common deficiencies cited in ambulatory quality studies in 2018, according to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care 2019 quality roadmap.

The following ASCs recently achieved accreditation for the first time or were reaccredited:

The Joint Commission appointed Herman McKenzie as its new director of the department of engineering for its standards interpretation group.

USP 800 standards for handling dangerous medications safely are scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1.

The Joint Commission shared the most challenging standards for ASCs, as well as tips on how to comply with them.

The Joint Commission appointed Raji Thomas, DNP, as its new director of the office of quality and patient safety.