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Don’t Let Contractors Sink Your Surgery Practice: OBS Vendor Oversight and QAPI Integration, Part 1
When you run an office‐based surgery (OBS) practice, toggling between overall management and care delivery details is an ongoing challenge…
Update to ACHC Standards
ACHC Standards for 2025 have been reviewed and minor changes made to reflect the goals of safe, high-quality, person-centered care that…
The ASC Plan of Correction: A Practical Guide
Every ACHC ambulatory surgery center survey that yields a citation triggers the need for a plan of correction (POC). A post-survey…
Hospitals Must Identify Patients at Risk to Reduce Workplace Violence
Workplace violence in healthcare settings is a growing concern, with increasing reports of patients and visitors causing harm to staff…
Avoiding Infection Control Errors in Home Care
In facility-based healthcare organizations, infection control is proactively managed throughout the environment. Providers of home care services address infection prevention…
Meet the Team: Jeffrey Reses, R.Ph., HDDP
Jeffrey Reses, R.Ph., HDDP, has been with ACHC since 2011, first as a surveyor and now as a Senior Pharmacy Clinical Liaison. He has over 43 years…