ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

In order to maintain accreditation, ASCs are required to keep up-to-date databases and files on each physician's credentials. Depending on the size of an ASC, maintaining updated credentials can be difficult. Two industry experts explain three things ASCs can do…

The Joint Commission has published its last 2010 issue of Ambulatory Advisor.

The latest issue of The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Advisor includes an article providing guidance for surgery centers to meet the requirements for the use of multi-dose vials.

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has offered two options for evaluating environmental cleaning in healthcare settings, according to a CDC release.

Regional Surgicenter in Moline, Ill., has announced it has achieved the highest level of accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Here are six things ASCs should do internally and externally to further perfect their already existing infection control programs.

Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has announced that HFAP surveyor Jeanette Spradlin, RN, CPHQ, has won the 2010 Claire Glover Distinguished Member Award for Contributions to the Healthcare Quality Profession, provided by the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ).

Cintas, a Cincinnati-based microfiber and infection prevention program supplier, has announced its top 11 trends for infection prevention for 2011, according to a news release.

The Joint Commission announced the naming of Dana McGrath, RN, MSN, CASC, as the new field director for its Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program.

Southgate (Mich.) Surgery Center recently underwent an accreditation survey from AAAHC. Linda Phillips, RN, administrator for Southgate, identifies three areas focused on by the two AAAHC surveyors.