The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care announced several changes to the "2012 Accreditation Handbook, Including Medicare Requirements for Ambulatory Surgery Centers."
The edits to the accreditation handbook are as follows:
Addendum to correct an omission on page 46 under "Additional Medicare Requirements"
4.K-MS(3) OR 4.K-MS(4)
CMS requires Medicare Certified ASCs to have either
4.K-MS (3) ……a written transfer agreement with a hospital that meets the requirements of 4.K-MS (2)
OR
4.K-MS (4) ……ensure all physicians performing surgery in the ASC have admitting privileges at a hospital that meets the requirements of 4.K-MS (2) (page 46).
Questions and concerns may be addressed directly with AAAHC.
www.aaahc.org.
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The edits to the accreditation handbook are as follows:
Addendum to correct an omission on page 46 under "Additional Medicare Requirements"
4.K-MS(3) OR 4.K-MS(4)
CMS requires Medicare Certified ASCs to have either
4.K-MS (3) ……a written transfer agreement with a hospital that meets the requirements of 4.K-MS (2)
OR
4.K-MS (4) ……ensure all physicians performing surgery in the ASC have admitting privileges at a hospital that meets the requirements of 4.K-MS (2) (page 46).
Questions and concerns may be addressed directly with AAAHC.
www.aaahc.org.
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