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Outpatient surgery programs will be able to offer the outpatient lap band procedure to Medicare beneficiaries following an announcement that the procedure now is covered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the approval of a new class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses (NTIOL) that is eligible for an additional $50 payment when the lens is provided in a surgery center.
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Although the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations previously announced that random unannounced surveys would continue through 2008, the date for the end of random unannounced surveys has been changed to Dec. 31, 2007, says Mark Forstneger, spokesperson for the Joint Commission.
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Rapid response teams are a strategy that relies on a team called to a patients bedside to investigate potential problems that might lead to a Code Blue, and this strategy is proving effective in reducing patient deaths.
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More than 10% of all sentinel events reported by organizations accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations relate to medication errors, and in ambulatory and office-based surgery organizations the rate is almost 8%.
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The next time you need to purchase a laser, how would you like to pay $8,000 for a used one instead of $30,000 or $50,000-$100,000 to purchase a new one? Those were the options faced by one ophthalmologist who turned to the Internet when he needed a CO2 laser.
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For the first time since 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will conduct the National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS).
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The most recent Sentinel Event Alert issued by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations addresses medication reconciliation and the importance of this process in reducing the risk of medication errors.
