ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

RiverMend Health Center of Atlanta earned a Gold Seal of Approval for its behavioral healthcare program from the Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based The Joint Commission.

Scranton, Pa.-based Moses Taylor Hospital is pursuing hip, shoulder and knee replacement as well as spine surgery certifications from the Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based The Joint Commission, The Times Tribune reports.

Here are 12 outpatient centers that achieved accreditation, reaccreditation or certification.

New York's Syracuse University Health Services earned accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

CORA Sebring (Fla.) earned accreditation from the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.

New York-based Central Park Medical Practice was recently accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.

New York Urological Institute earned accreditation from the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.

Hospitals seeking The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval have 20 fewer measures to meet after the accreditation organization dropped them from their criteria, H&HN reports.

Brooklyn (N.Y.) Gastroenterology & Endoscopy earned accreditation from the Gurnee, Ill.-based American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.

Omaha-based Medical Solution, a travel nurse staffing company, was recertified for an eighth time by The Joint Commission.