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For Employees, CHAA Means 5% Raise, New Title
A promotion and a salary increase happen immediately after employees obtain their Certified Healthcare Access Associate certification at Greater Baltimore (MD) Medical Center.
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Patient Access to See More Affordable Health Plans, Possible Higher Liability
Insurers and states will soon have flexibility to offer more affordable health plans — but there are significant implications for patient access.
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New Certification Program Offered for ASC Infection Preventionists
The Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification has created a new certification program for infection preventionists who work in ASCs.
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Peek Behind the Curtain into Compliance Problem Areas
Surgery centers can expect more challenging survey findings in the next few years as Life Safety Code and other regulatory changes take effect, one surveyor predicts.
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Preparing for Joint Commission Survey Requires Chapter-and-verse Best Practices
If there’s one guiding philosophy for surgery centers undergoing accreditation to follow, it is this: It takes teamwork.
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New Jersey Surgery Centers Face Major Changes This Year
New Jersey’s new law about ASCs might change the state’s ASC landscape as hundreds of registered (but unlicensed) ASCs must decide whether they will apply for licensure by January 2019. If they do not apply, they may have to close their surgery operations or sell their companies.
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Patient Collection at the Door
Calculating patient responsibility is complex and time-consuming. One solution is to load a facility’s payer contracts into a cloud-based software tool that can manage any type of payer arrangement.
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TeamSTEPPS Concept Helps ASCs Improve Patient Safety
A program that started as a module used to train military helicopter pilots has been modified for surgery centers, which can help staff build communication and teamwork skills.
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Common Infection Control Findings During ASC Surveys
An ASC might follow processes that appear to be adequate or even best practices when it comes to infection prevention. Then, a surveyor visits, and a deficiency appears.
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Infection Prevention Best Practices
Infection prevention in surgery centers begins with action and commitment at the top. ASC leaders must commit to supporting the infection preventionists, staff education, monitoring reprocessing, disinfection, hand hygiene, surgical site infection prevention strategies, and other prevention activities.