ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The following article by Gayle R. Evans, RN, MBA, CNOR, CASC, president of Continuum Healthcare Consultants, first appeared in the August edition of the AmkaiSolutions electronic newsletter. To sign up to receive the newsletter, click here.

Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH, president of The Joint Commission, has authored the article "Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement" in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition have launched a public health campaign aimed toward raising awareness about safe injection practices among patients and healthcare providers, according to a news release by the CDC.

Jack Egnatinsky, MD, medical director of the AAAHC and a retired anesthesiologist, discusses what ASCs must do to meet AAAHC standards if they reprocess single-use devices and equipment.

Achieving accreditation is a big step for any medical organization and it can take time to meet an accreditor’s standards. Preparation is the key to a successful accreditation outcome. Michon Villanueva, assistant director of accreditation services with the Accreditation Association…

Paul Merrick, MD, president of DuPage Medical Group in Illinois and an urologist at the DuPage Medical Group Surgical Center in Lombard, defended his ASC and the surgery center industry in a letter to a local newspaper following an article…

Jack Egnatinsky, MD, medical director of the AAAHC and a retired anesthesiologist, discusses the common ASC accreditation challenge of failing to properly label pre-drawn medications and what organizations should do to avoid making this mistake.

The American Medical Association has released two reports to help physicians and ASCs improve quality care and patient safety.

The following article appeared in the July 2010 issue of Connection, the bi-monthly e-newsletter from the AAAHC.Q: As a Medicare-certified ASC, can the recovery room be used simultaneously for pre-operative functions?

In June, the newest Laser Spine Institute facility, located in Philadelphia, achieved accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). The facility worked from day one toward the accreditation survey and achieved full accreditation three months after opening,…