ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Joint Commission is distributing its ambulatory care program customer survey to gain insight into its ambulatory center customers' experiences. 

The Medical Board of California approved the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program as an accreditation agency for ASCs in the state.

Here are four outpatient centers that achieved accreditation, reaccreditation or certification in April 2018.

The Joint Commission is deemed by CMS as an approved accreditor for ASCs seeking Medicare certification.

Galena, Kansas-based Stateline Surgery Center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Three titles from The Joint Commission were featured on the 2018 Doody's Core Titles list, according to Joint Commission Resources Global Publishing Executive Director Catherine Chopp Hinckley, PhD.

ASCs were most frequently cited for deficiencies in patient care and safety and the environment during 2017 surveys, according to Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program's 2018 Quality Review.

The Certified Ambulatory Infection Preventionist credential is the first credential designed specifically for ASC infection preventionists, according to the Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification.

Sylvia Garcia-Houchins, RN, was named The Joint Commission's infection prevention and control director.

Thirty of The Joint Commission's elements of performance for ambulatory healthcare accreditation will no longer apply to telehealth surgical and non-surgical settings beginning July 1.