ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Jeannie Pezone, administrator at West Park Surgery Center in Pinellas Park, Fla., explains the process that helps the surgery center ensure patients are properly informed of their rights and responsibilities prior to the day of their procedure, according to standards…

The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has announced the winners of the 2010 Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Awards.

The CMS Conditions for Coverage have changed drastically in the last two years, says Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center and a AAAHC surveyor. Changes to one such regulation, 416.41, present challenges for ASCs as it addresses an organization's…

Jeannie Pezone, administrator at West Park Surgery Center in Pinellas Park, Fla., explains the process the surgery center uses to ensure medication reconciliation is achieved according to standards set by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care.

Alan Beyer, MD, of Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., explains how the surgery center ensures medical charts are completely and accurately filled out according to standards set by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care.

The Surgery Center of Wisconsin Rapids (Wis.) has been re-accredited by the Accreditation Associated for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a Wausau Daily Herald report.

Dianne Wallace, executive director of Menomonee Falls (Wis.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, explains how the surgery center has implemented benchmarking processes as part of its larger quality improvement program to meet the standards set by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health…

Here are 10 recent infection control downloadable tools, practical guidance columns and other resources for ASCs.

Kathie Stewart, administrator of Cascade Spine Center in Tualatin, Ore., shares how the spine center resolved the challenge of providing verbal explanations of patients' conditions for coverage.

A good, compliant infection control program carefully documents when staff members of the ASC review and gain an understanding of the many components of the program. One such component is the rules and regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health…