ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

New Vision Surgical Center in Vera Beach, Fla., has achieved accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a contributed TCPalm.com report.

Six members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons have formed an advertising cooperative to educate the public of the risks they take by choosing unqualified professionals to perform cosmetic plastic surgery, according to a news release.

The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement has announced two new benchmarking studies for 2012, according to a report in Connection, the e-newsletter from the AAAHC.

Rex Healthcare, based in Raleigh, N.C., has announced Rex Surgery Center of Cary (N.C.) received a one-year term of accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a Rex Healthcare news release.

A new Texas law that took effect last month prohibits the Texas Medical Board from considering complaints about physicians made anonymously, according to an American-Statesman report.

A new Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program blog post discusses the new proposed rule: "CLIA Program and HIPAA Privacy Rule; Patients' Access to Test Reports."

The CDC, through the National Center for Infectious Diseases, offers a free, downloadable brochure addressing what healthcare personnel need to know when they are exposed to patients' blood.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides a free, downloadable brochure for patients titled, "Helpful Reminders About MRSA Infection."

Proposed legislation that would require certification of all newly hired surgical technologists in New York has been sent to the office of N.Y. Governor Andrew Cuomo for his signature, according to a New York Association of Surgical Technologists news release.

OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) requires employers to make immediate confidential medical evaluation and follow-up available for workers who have an exposure incident, such as a needlestick. An exposure incident is a specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane,…