The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) announced its 2009 standards, which includes the addition of lithotripsy, behavioral health and medical home adjunct chapters.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
ASCs strive to offer a quality of care and operate at a level of excellence that at least meets the standards set by hospitals, and ASCs are often successful are exceeding these standards. But one area of operations where hospitals…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add hazardous pharmaceutical wastes to the Universal Waste Rule, with the proposed rule applying to surgery centers, hospitals and many other healthcare facilities that generate hazardous pharmaceutical wastes.
Sarah Martin, RN, BS, regional vice president of operations for Meridian Surgical Partners, discusses seven of the top ASC peer review and credentialing questions.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC/Accreditation Association) has announced that it has had its Medicare and Medicaid deeming authority renewed through 2012 by CMS.
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The latest issue of PeerPoints, a newsletter published by AllMed Healthcare Management, is now available and includes features on stopping disruptive behavior, eight steps to policy and procedure development, a malpractice case and excellent results of AllMed's annual hospital peer…
Of interest to GI surgery centers, Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. has announced a voluntary recall of 12,000 units of infants’ Mylicon gas relief dye free drops as a precaution after determining that some bottles could include metal fragments…
Here are three quick safety and medication tips from Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, a Newington, Conn.-based consultant, pharmacist and safe medication officer serving more than 100 ASCs in the Northeast.
Throughout the healthcare system, initiatives to promote patient safety, improve outcomes and report consistently on quality metrics are gaining considerable momentum. Many states have required reporting on various measures for several years, and both greater reporting and more diligence in…
In recent years the topic of managing sleep apnea patients in the surgical environment has risen from back-office whispers in ambulatory settings to a priority for most OR administrators and medical directors. Driven by complications associated with sleep apnea patients,…