ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Becky Johnson, clinical director at Lincoln (Neb.) Endoscopy Center, discusses one area in need of improvement cited by a surveyor from the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care and how the center is working to better meet that standard.

David Ott, MD, founder of Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix, highlights the center's biggest challenge for meeting the accreditation standards of the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care and how the facility is working overcome the challenge.

Here are three sample data gathering tools used by Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., and provided by Sandy Berreth, administrator of the ASC and a AAAHC surveyor.

Medline Industries, one of the nation's largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies, has announced the launch of a new CMS Survey Readiness Program for ASCs.

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.