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The findings of a new report on specialty hospitals are being debated by outpatient surgery experts who are drawing lines in the sand over whether the hospitals are a good idea.
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Leading epidemiologists say a global return of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) which wreaked havoc on the health care systems that had to deal with it is almost inevitable.
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Beginning April 1, 2004, ambulatory surgery center (ASC) payment rates will be frozen until 2010. And the news may be worse: The payments may be frozen at a rate that is 1% below current rates.
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The recently passed Medicare bill would impose an 18-month moratorium on development of new specialty hospitals, including surgical hospitals, and limit expansion of existing ones retroactively beginning Nov. 18, 2003.
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Could you perform surgery if patients had their hands tied together and were being watched by armed soldiers? Can you imagine treating patients in rooms that are coated regularly with dirt and sand?
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Looking for a program that attracts new patients, requires a minimum of staff education, and nets an average profit of between $1,200 and $1,300 per procedure?
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In outpatient surgery, a patients pain is treated immediately after surgery, and patients are sent home.
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Physicians must be present or immediately available until patients are medically discharged, but they dont need to be present until the patient leaves the same-day surgery program area, according to revised standards approved by the Wilmette, IL-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) for 2004. The standards become effective upon publication late this month.
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Patient safety, clarification of credentialing and reappointment requirements, and requirements for laser privileges are a few of the major categories addressed in the revised 2004 accreditation standards from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
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Low-stress, thorough, and focused on patient safety are a few of the adjectives same-day surgery managers use to describe their recent experience with the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization surveyors looking at their endoscopy labs.
