ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Joan Balducci, RN, is the president of New York City-based NTF Management and a surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

For many years I owned and operated a surgical equipment business. Most of our customers were small 1-2 O.R ASC's. Plastic surgeons, pain management etc. These were, for the most part de novo facilities.

Mauro Cecchetti is the vice president of operations at Avon, Conn.-based Constitution Surgery Alliance and a surveyor with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Jill Sluder, RN, is the managing partner of the Houston-based Museum District Ambulatory Surgery Center and a surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

LoAnn Vande Leest, BSN, is the CEO of Traverse City-based Northwest Michigan Surgery Center and a surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Carolanne Reho, BSN, is a surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Pasadena, Calif.-based AccreditSoft released a new software platform for accredited facilities to manage their daily accreditation requirements.

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities accredited its first facility in Dubai, India.

The Skokie, Ill.-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care created a new toolkit to enhance antibiotic stewardship programs around combating superbugs.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care accredited Vancouver-based Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center.