ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Texas Medical Board has approved 108 disciplinary actions against physicians in the state for various violations, including 44 involving standard of care violations, according to a state news release.

Here are reports featuring 12 downloadable patient safety and staff education tools which were added to the Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control Database of Downloadable Patient Safety Tools & Resources during the week of Sept. 5-9.

Central Michigan Community Hospital in Mt. Pleasant has received re-accreditation by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, according to a Morning Sun report.

Parkland Memorial Hospital entered into a systems improvement agreement with CMS in order to keep its Medicare status after the agency found the hospital's emergency department still posed "immediate jeopardy," according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report.

The North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety offers a free, downloadable medication safety reconciliation toolkit.

A new Missouri law makes it possible for patients to view various information on a physician, including whether a physician was subject to disciplinary action by the state medical board, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

Around 50 healthcare advocacy groups across the country are asking Congress to require hospital accreditation surveys to be made publicly available, according to a Herald-Leader report.

The CDC offers a free, downloadable video which organizations can use to help teach two key points to hospital patients and visitors to help prevent infections: the importance of practicing hand hygiene while in the hospital and that it is…

Western Illinois University's Beu Health Center in Colchester has been awarded reaccreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a McDonough County Voice report.

The California Department of Public Health has announced 12 California hospitals have been assessed fines totaling $650,000 after it was determined the facilities' noncompliance with licensing requirements caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury or death to patients.