ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Here are 10 current topics on ASC accreditation.

Here is a sample additions to approved procedures list policy, used for the clinical policies and procedures manual at Western Reserve Surgery Center in Kent, Ohio, you can adapt for use in your ASC.

James Leavitt, MD, president of Galloway Endoscopy Center in Miami, highlights one of the biggest challenges for meeting the accreditation standards of the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care and how the facility is working overcome the challenge.

Dreyer Ambulatory Surgery Center in Aurora, Ill., has been re-accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a Beacon-News report.

Administrator Sarah Sterling at Post Street Surgery Center in San Francisco discusses four best practices that have helped the orthopedic-driven surgery center maintain AAAHC accreditation and Medicare certification since it opened in 2001.

Gayle Lowe, RN, AAAHC surveyor, offers insight on how ASCs can develop better quality improvement activities that not only help meet the AAAHC requirements but offer substantial benefits to ASCs.

Surgery Center of Wisconsin Rapids has earned three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a report in the Wausau Daily Herald.

Whether you're a new surgery center looking to receive accreditation for the first time or a seasoned ASC heading towards re-accreditation, the surveying process can be a stressful one. Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn.,…

CMS has approved the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities for continued deeming authority for ASCs, according to the accreditor.

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services recently reported a 25 percent non-compliance rate with CMS standards that prohibit multiple uses of single-dose medication vials. Such standards were set in place in order to better control infection outbreaks.