External benchmarking is critical to the long-term and overall success of an ambulatory surgery center. By assessing how an ASC measures up compared to other facilities on a local, state and national level, physician leaders and administrators can take the…
The Joint Commission has published a calculation sheet that can be used as a tool to estimate total fees for ambulatory surgery center accreditation for a three-year period.
Nevada legislators have passed a regulation which will increase ambulatory surgery center licensing fees almost 300 percent to help cover the cost of mandated facility inspections, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The task of updating surgery center physicians' credentials before they expire is not that onerous, but it requires staying on top of things, says Chris McMenemy, vice president for administration at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in Columbia, S.C.
Ambulatory surgery centers in Nevada could either see their facility licensing fees almost triple or face a significant reduction in inspections depending upon the results of a vote scheduled Jan. 13, according to a report from the Las Vegas Sun.
Fox Valley Orthopedic Associates Ambulatory Surgery Center in Geneva, Ill., has announced it has recently achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
Peter L Bailey, MD, a physician in private practice in New York and former professor with the University of Rochester (N.Y.), provides practical guidance for improving IV start times.
Performance improvement processes are an integral part of an ambulatory surgery center's long-term financial, operational and clinical success. ASCs must maintain a sound and robust performance improvement process in order to pinpoint areas of weakness and effectively launch the appropriate…
The Joint Commission has published a guide to help healthcare staffing firms prepare for onsite healthcare staffing services certification.
A study published in Archives of Internal Medicine suggests more than half of the current recommendations of the Infectious Diseases Society of America are based on expert opinions instead of evidence from clinical trials.