AAAHC Update

When you’re being surveyed for accreditation, policies and procedures are important; and the AAAHC Standards increasingly call for quite a few to be written – although most organizations have many more written policies than we require. But at AAAHC we do require that...

by Sandy Berreth RN, MS, CASC So your organization has finally decided to “go for it” and attain accreditation. Or perhaps you’re already accredited, but it’s been three years since you went through a survey and you’ve added several staff members new to the process....

by Kathy Williams Beydler, RN, MBA, CASC, CNOR Your ASC is only as good as your staff – especially your surgeons. Which means that to gain a significant competitive advantage, your surgeons must be exceptional. Here are three key attributes to attracting the best and...

by Michael Peabody, MBA Managing Anxiety Few things in our industry produce more anxiety than accreditation, the process by which ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) meet specific administrative and clinical standards and have the quality of their facility validated;...

by Sandra Jones, CASC, LHRM, CHCQM, FHFMA SVP and COO While some surgical facilities are part of a complex hospital system or a corporation with several layers of management and medical staff, many ASCs remain unaffiliated with a larger institution and have a very...

Have you designated an individual to be in charge of medical records at your facility? Besides making sure that the charts get filed, does that person know the true extent of his or her responsibilities? If a paper record is used, for example, is it completed and...