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?
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
Laser Spine Institute has announced its Philadelphia ASC has achieved AAAHC accreditation.
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…
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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…
Men who receive prostate cancer surgery over not receiving treatment increase their likelihood of survival, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has alerted healthcare professionals to stop using certain IV bags of metronidazole, ondansetron and ciprofloxacin due to reports of floating matter and possible contamination in IV bags manufactured by Claris Lifesciences Limited, according to…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has launched the "IP Program Evaluation Tool," designed to help professionals assess the resources needed to improve patient safety through infection prevention programs, according to an APIC news release.