ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Joint Commission proposed new standards for pain assessment and management in ambulatory settings and office-based surgery settings.

Baltimore-based MedStar Union Memorial Hospital's MedStar Orthopaedic Institute received The Joint Commission's advanced subspecialty certification in shoulder replacement surgery.

Here are five outpatient centers that achieved accreditation, reaccreditation or certification in March 2018.

The Joint Commission’s Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals emphasized the importance of safety culture in its Patient Safety Systems chapter, which expanded to ambulatory care and office-based surgery settings as of Jan. 1, 2017.

The Pacific Coast Surgical Center in San Diego achieved accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Half of the standards on The Joint Commission's 2016 list of the 10 toughest standards for accredited office-based surgery practices dropped off the 2017 list.

The Joint Commission released its annual list of the 10 standards that posed the greatest challenges for accredited office-based surgery practices in 2017.

Frisco, Colo.-based Peak One Surgery Center was reaccredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care following a March survey.

The Joint Commission released its annual list of the 10 standards that posed the greatest challenges for accredited ambulatory healthcare organizations in 2017, and all but one made appearances on the 2016 list.

Current quality improvement initiatives aren't enough to help organizations achieve zero harm, according to The Joint Commission CEO Mark Chassin, MD.