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The 2005 standards revisions for The American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) in Gurnee, IL, simplify the requirements for the increasing number of office-based surgery practices seeking accreditation.
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The Wilmette, IL-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Cares (AAAHC) 2005 Achieving Accreditation conferences will focus on 2005 standards changes, including the completely revised Chapter 5: Quality Management and Improvement.
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Many insurance companies that arent paying the full patient bills sent to them from ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) seem to have taken the stance, let em sue us, says Thomas J. Pliura, MD, JD, physician and attorney at law in Le Roy, IL. So thats exactly what some surgery centers are doing, he says.
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Never let up. That is what Greenville (SC) Hospital System learned about reducing sharps injuries in the operating room. It takes a sustained effort to keep rates down.
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Getting surgeons to operate out of your ORs shouldnt be an issue. Surgery is up everywhere, and while 200 new surgery centers are under construction right now, there is not a glut of places where surgeons can operate.
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Imagine managing your household budget with paychecks that were two, three, or four months late. How would you pay your mortgage, buy your groceries, or feed your family?
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Two of your surgeons want you to purchase an expensive piece of technology, but youre wary because youre unsure how much they will use it. What should you do?
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In 2004, the Wilmette, IL-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) revised standards to identify the need for specific personnel to be available until the patient was medically and physically discharged.
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Taco trucks are inspected twice a year in California, while ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are inspected an average of once every 12 years in that state. That eye-catching news introduced a Washington Post story published in July that went on to say that under federal rules, surgical centers across the country are required to be inspected once every six years, but many are not.
