Nancy Burden is director of ambulatory surgery for BayCare Health System.Q: What are some steps we can take to meet the new Joint Commission standard in the ambulatory National Patient Safety Goal NPSG.07.05.01 EP 5: "Measure surgical site infection rates…
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
The following is a template of 10 steps and guidelines used by Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., to meet the AAAHC 10-point quality reporting system.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, joining with other members of the Advancing Patient Safety Coalition, has sent a letter to the FDA urging for the immediate issue for a proposed rule on unique device identification for…
The following article appeared in the May 2010 issue of Connection, the bi-monthly e-newsletter from the AAAHC.Q. My ASC is Medicare certified and we use a C-Arm; does CMS really require that a radiologist supervise radiological services?
Laser Spine Institute has announced its Philadelphia ASC has achieved AAAHC accreditation.
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The following is a response from Marshall M. Baker, MS, FACMPE, president of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC/Accreditation Association) to the Becker's ASC Review report "ASC Industry Responds to JAMA Study on Infection Control," published June 8.Marshall…
In April, Lawrence Surgery Center achieved accreditation status for the third year in a row, as well as substantial compliance on all AAHC standards for the second time. Joan Shearer, administrator for Lawrence Surgery Center, a Health Inventures ASC, discusses…
Stuart Katz, FACHE, CASC, executive director of Tucson (Ariz.) Orthopaedic Surgery Center and past president of the Arizona ASC Association, was recently featured in a report by KTAR in which he spoke up in defense of the state's ASCs and…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced the launch of the 2010 National U.S. Inpatient Healthcare Facility Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prevalence Survey.
During the week of June 7, a number of media outlets around the country featured coverage critical of the ASC industry, emphasizing elevated infection rates at these facilities. However, most of the coverage featured isolated incidents at a small number…