ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm based in Newington, Conn.   Q: How long does our ASC need to keep drug and equipment recall notices?   Sheldon…

The World Health Organization encourages organizations to adapt the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist to their own needs (subject to certain requirements).

Karen Smith, nursing director at Central Illinois Endoscopy Center in Peoria, explains how her ASC uses EMRs to prevent wrong site surgeries or pathology tests for the wrong patients.

The accreditation process can be stressful, especially if your ASC is going through accreditation for the first time or has to address several areas of non-compliance in the months beforehand. Dawn Q. McLane, regional vice president of operations for Health…

ASC operating rooms can be dangerous breeding grounds for fire outbreaks, especially during head and neck surgeries when three components — an ignition source such as a cautery, fuel such as alcohol-based solutions and oxygen — are combined, says Jo…

The American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities has announced its new board president will be Harlan Pollock, MD.

The Joint Commission has published its latest issue of Ambulatory Advisor.

Karen Smith, nursing director at Central Illinois Endoscopy Center in Peoria, says a random auditing of the facility's compliance to infection control practices and increased regulations on infection control caused her to implement new best practices for improved infection control.…

After discovering his ASC experienced two infections in one quarter, Ralph Gambardella, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and president of Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles, quickly went to work with the governing board to discuss potential protocols that can be…

Maintaining high quality clinical documentation is essential for a number of reasons, including improved patient safety and better adherence to accreditation standards. Marie Boyd, administrator at Cape and Islands Endoscopy Center in Hyannis, Mass., shares four steps ASCs can take…