ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

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.

Gold Coast Surgery Center in Chicago became the first ASC in the Midwest to achieve the Orthopaedic Advanced Certification: Total Joint Program from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Organizations selecting healthcare consultants to prepare for an accreditation survey or maintain compliance should ask these seven questions, according to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare.

Danbury (Conn.) Surgical Center won the AAAHC's Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Award, which recognizes organizations for improvement in quality of care, patient safety and overall efficiency.