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.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
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.
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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,…
Where air quality standards are applied to surgery facilities, they are based on requirements of the applicable State Health Department — almost always in relation to licensed healthcare facilities. CMS itself does not reference any air quality standard for facilities…
The following article appeared in the July 2010 issue of Connection, the bi-monthly e-newsletter from the AAAHC.Following recent changes by Medicare, AAAHC has been required to make revisions to the 2010 Accreditation Handbook for Ambulatory Health Care. The section entitled,…
Jack Egnatinsky, MD, medical director of the AAAHC and a retired anesthesiologist, provides guidance for overcoming the ASC challenge of how to prevent patient falls.