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Your emergency preparedness plan identifies your plan of action for disasters related to weather, fire, and even pandemics, but if your plan only focuses on what you do within your own program, you may not meet surveyors' expectations.
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A set of recently added frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to tissue standards on The Joint Commission web site was developed when staff members noticed an increasing number of questions related to the tissue standards from accredited organizations rather than an increased number of recommendations for improvement related to tissue standards.
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A recent memorandum from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allows, in some situations, the use of batteries for essential electrical equipment in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) in the event of a power failure.
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Who hasn't had a significant surgeon leave your facility for greener pastures? What about that staff member whom you spend so much time with, who you develop into a world-class employee who seemed to master every task, only to see him or her lured or driven away to a competitor?
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An insurance company has been ordered to reimburse a father for his teenage son's gynecomastia surgery after it had refused on the grounds that it was a cosmetic procedure.
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With National Public Radio, Oprah, and other media outlets covering patient awareness during anesthesia, many outpatient surgery providers report an increasing number of questions about the issue from their patients.
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In the future, minimally invasive surgery may be performed though the rectum, with an incision made in the large intestine, according to surgeons at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center who recently removed a woman's gall bladder through her vagina.
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In general, surgery centers will need to get back to basics in terms of cost accounting, budgeting, and contract management, in order to prepare for the new Medicare payment system, says Craig Jeffries, Esq., executive director of the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC).
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So what's the answer to avoiding patient awareness under anesthesia?