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The ADA Group, founded by Anne Dean, is a Consulting Firm Specializing in Ambulatory Surgical Development and Regulatory Compliance for ASC State Licensure, Medicare Certification and ASC Accreditation.
Providing Only the Best Solutions—From the conception of the idea through financial feasibility to the administration of hundreds of particles that must be managed during the construction process and on to State Licensure, Medicare Certification and Joint Commision and AAAHC Accreditation—we put your Center first.
The ADA Group has the experience. Since 1985, Anne Dean and the The ADA Group consultants have worked on more than 650 ambulatory surgical development projects and regulatory compliance contract services which has provided us with countless problem-resolving opportunities and success stories in ambulatory care.
Development: Although our development work typically begins at the design phase of a project, at any point in the ongoing development of an ASC, having us bring our unique programs and systems to the table would provide the highest level of achievement and success to any project. Do you development questions? See commonly asked questions and our answers here.
Why Hire The ADA Group
Printable Brochure
Regulatory Compliance: The ADA Group utilizes our web site to communicate and provide updates to programs, policies and forms to those who subscribe. Want to see more? Download our sneak peak word document containing screen captures of access-only pages here: Sneak Peak
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ADA HOMEPAGE NOTICES
Congratulations Clients!
Broward Specialty Surgery Center
Medicare Recertification
Cedar Oaks Surgery Center
Medicare Recertification
All Saints Surgery Center
First Joint Commission Survey
Hernando Endoscopy and Surgery Center
Joint Commission Survey
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Central Indiana Orthopedic Surgery
Center of Muncie, LLC
Muncie, Indiana
Lesa Pinkerton, Director
Renee O'Brien, ORS
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North Pinellas Surgery Center, LLC
Dunedin, Florida
Debbie Wiegle, AD
Helen Hoyt, DON |
Discover Vision Surgery
and Laser Center
Leawood, Kansas
Laura Sheilds, DON
Annie Livingston, Asst. DON
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Eye Surgery Center - Northland
Discover Vision Centers
Kansas City, Missouri
Onna Pohlman, DON
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Eye Surgery Center - The Cliffs
Discover Vision Centers
Independence, Missouri
Jacki Wyrick, DON
Stephanie Johnson, ADON
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Surgery Alliance
Alliance, Ohio
Christina Davis, AD |
Surgical Eye Center
Greensboro, North Carolina
Diane Kahny, RN, BSN, ORS, Co-Center Director
Julie Maiden, AD, Co-Center Director
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Broward Specialty Surgery Center
Hollywood, Florida
George Caballo, AD |
Welcome Back! |
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Grossnickle Eye Center
Warsaw, Indiana
Diana Ostrom, AD
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Kootenai Outpatient Surgery Center
Coer D'Lane, Idaho
Ron Pullen, AD/SD |
Suncoast Eye Center
Hudson, Florida
Debby Kaplan, AD |
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MAY IS THE MONTH FOR:
Healthy Vision Month
and
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
more National Health Observances can be viewed at The National Health Information Center - May Calendar
Notes From Anne's Desk last update May 16, 2012
RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
When Death Occurs at an ASC: Thoughts From Anne Dean, published April 10th at Becker's ASC Review, Quality & Infection Control page
Best Practices for Proper Care of Morbidly Obese in Surgery Centers, published January 10, 2012 at Becker's ASC Review, ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
Anne shares information with Rachel Fields for the article "10 Top Patient Safety Issues in 2012"
published at Becker's ASC Review (December 19, 2011)
Read Anne's article at Becker's ASC Review - ASC Accreditation Page "Seven Quality Improvement Strategies for ASCs Based on CMS Survey Results" (pubished December 13, 2011)
Read Anne's article "Measuring Patient Satisfaction: Important Considerations" at Becker's ASC Review - ASC Accreditation Page (pubished December 19, 2011)
BLOG ARTICLES
Losing a Patient
Transferring Patients in an ASC
Care of the Morbidly Obese in the Surgery Center
Renewing Patient Centered Care in ASCs
Disposing of Drugs
Measuring Patient Satisfaction (3 Parts)
Are you prepared for CMS Re-Certification Survey? What about those expected OSHA inspections?
Clients, keep up to date by reviewing Notes From Anne's Desk Everyone else...call us to discuss how we can help you be prepared!
LATEST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
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(posted 5/16/12)
I noticed many of our forms require we fill out the admitting diagnosis, even on the nursing documentation forms. Why? |
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Where does it state that we have to have a radiology contract? |
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Where does it state that a physician owner must perform one third of their surgical cases at an ASC that she/he owns? |
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Who is qualified to do Pain Management? |
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Why can’t I use plain old compressed air to blow out my scopes prior to using? It is cheaper than medical air and would, thus, save us some money. | View Anne's Answers and more FAQs here
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Attention Inservice Coordinators:
Ambulatory Surgery and Blood Borne Pathogens, New 1/12
Ergonimic at Work Inservice, Rev. 9/11
Tuberculosis Among Health Care Workers Inservice, Rev. 6/11
Privacy and Confidentiality Inservice, updated 2/11
New Inservice - Litigation (a Risk Management Inservice), 1/11
(Dozens more on the Inservices page)
Attention Risk Managers:
Electronic Incident Reporting Now Avaiable
Contact Stephanie for instructions
regarding emailing those reports to the ADA Risk Managers
Here are our recommended downloads (pdf) files regarding CMS surveys:
Agency for Health Care Administration ASPEN: Regulation Set (RS)
ASC Quality Collaboration Implementation Guide
State Operations Manual Appendix L - Guidance for Surveyors: Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Rev. 12/22/11
Excerpt from State Operations Manual, Appendix L - 416.42 (b) Standard: Administration of Anesthesia
(word document)
CMS 5/09 Infection Control Surveyor Worksheet
Also:
Review Anne's Medicare Survey - Self Assessment Tool...and many new and revised forms - on the forms page
See the tool created for putting together a book of displays according to CMS regulations - forms page (April, 2010)
Here is a link you may find useful for Verifying Education...
(http://www.studentclearinghouse.org)
Also, these links for Infection Control Training for your IC Coordinator:
(http://www.apic.org)
(http://www.cbic.org)
For many more outside links, see our Resource Links
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