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.
Jack Egnatinsky, MD, is one of three medical directors at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and has been an active surveyor with the organization since 1996.
Clinical Manager Susan Rahn of the Endoscopy Center of St. Louis shares three key steps to take to remain accredited. The organization has maintained accreditation at both of its facilities since they opened in 2005 and 2007.