The Joint Commission has announced that CMS has granted deeming authority to the accreditor for its ASC program for a six-year a period.
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One of the biggest changes I have seen in my many years working in the ASC sector has been the move toward more hospitals and surgeons joining forces in establishing and operating surgery centers as partners. Back when I first…
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) announced its 2009 standards, which includes the addition of lithotripsy, behavioral health and medical home adjunct chapters.
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Here are seven best practices from Bill Southwick, president and CEO of Nashville-based HealthMark Partners, for building better physician/hospital joint ventures.
Access MediQuip, a leading provider of outsourced medical implantable device management solutions, has announced that it has has signed an agreement with WellPoint to deliver implantable device management solutions to the health insurance company’s members, according to a press release…
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Barry Tanner, president and CEO of Physicians Endoscopy, an ASC development and management company focused on GI endoscopy, discuses five challenges and opportunities facing GI in ASCs.
A lawsuit alleging federal racketeering charges against Peoria (Ill.) Day Surgery Center and Joseph Banno, MD, brought on by OSF Saint Francis Medical Center has been dismissed by the U.S. District Court in Peoria.