Here are 10 best practices for successful preparation before an accreditation survey.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
Cindy A. King RN, CPHQ, is director of clinical, quality and compliance for Health Inventures. Q: I am the clinical coordinator at an ASC in Massachusetts. We are a state-licensed, Medicare-certified and AAAHC-accredited facility. Is it required for us…
Ray Grundman, AAAHC surveyor, explains three of the most common deficiencies found during accreditation surveys.
Gayle Lowe, RN, AAAHC surveyor, identifies a challenging area for ASC compliance with accreditation standards and Medicare requirements and offers a best practice to help surgery centers become compliant.
Meg Tomlinson, administrator at Metrocrest Surgery Center in Carrollton, Texas, shares the steps her ASC took to ensure clinical documentation was being conducted in a consistent manner.
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A new study from the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement reveals that spinal injections help more than three out of every four patients experience back pain relief but only slightly more than half say they reduce their pain medications after…
In addition to documenting the cleaning of its general areas, Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center also ensures cleaning of its ORs and procedure rooms are properly documented.
As part of Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center's efforts to prevent infections and comply with regulatory and reporting requirements, the ASC documents when its general areas are cleaned by the service it employs to perform the cleaning.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care introduced significant changes to accreditation policies in March 2010, among them the addition of a new core chapter on infection control and patient safety. This was the AAAHC's first new core chapter in…
Unity Surgical Center in Lafayette, Ind., has earned three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, the highest level of accreditation granted by the accreditor, according to a news release from parent organization Unity Healthcare.