ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Fairview Park, Ohio-based Cleveland Eye and Laser Surgery Center is accredited by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program.

Here are three outpatient centers with accreditation, reaccreditation or certification updates in July 2018:

 Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission fully accredited Allscripts Paypath through its network accreditation program.

The Joint Commission outlined four ways it's working to improve survey reliability for interpreting ambulatory care standards.

Mark Pelletier, RN, accepted new responsibilities at The Joint Commission and will now serve as chief nursing officer.

The Joint Commission's Survey Activity Guide for ambulatory care and office-based surgery organizations provides survey preparation guidance and descriptions of survey activities.

The Joint Commission surveyors adopted an entirely new approach to evaluating sterile medication compounding, suicide prevention, high-level disinfection and hemodialysis.

Charlotte (N.C.) Surgery Center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Saginaw, Mich.-based Mackinaw Surgery Center is accredited by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program.