ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Here are two outpatient centers that achieved accreditation, reaccreditation or certification in May 2018.

The Joint Commission permits organizations to perform assessment strategies they consider to be suitable for mitigating or eliminating the risk. 

As accreditation surveys are conducted sporadically, compliance may fall by the wayside between visits.

A new element of performance requires ambulatory care organizations to immediately notify The Joint Commission if they lose CMS deemed status. 

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality created a toolkit to help ASCs reduce patient harm.

At the AAMI Annual Conference & Expo June 4, The Joint Commission's senior associate director of engineering Kenneth Monroe discussed the survey process, standards development and emergency management preparedness.

The Joint Commission awarded Avera eCARE its Gold Seal of Approval for Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation, Midwest Medical Edition reports.

The Joint Commission's 2018 board of commissioners consists of 32 voting members, including physicians, administrators, nurses, employers, quality experts, a consumer advocate and educators.

Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program selected Gary Ley as chair, Mark DeFrancesco as vice chair and Brock Slabach as secretary/treasurer of the Accreditation Association for Hospitals and Health Systems board of directors. Four additional members were appointed.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care re-accredited Beckley (W.Va.) Surgery Center, The Register-Herald reports.