Policy and Procedure Manual for Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Aug 22, 2024

Policy and Procedure Manual for Ambulatory Surgery Centers

The ambulatory surgery center or office based surgery center must adopt, employ, and regulate policies and procedures of the center. This process will be in the form of what is called the Policy and Procedure Manual. The surgery center policy and procedure manual must have a written policy that dictates the procedure for all aspects of the center. This manual will be considered the nucleus of the center. The surgery center policy and procedure manual will describe characteristics and functions of the center and compliancy to situations to the attainment of quality patient care.

Download ASC Policy and Procedure Manual — Downloadable ASC Procedure Manual

Surgery center policies and procedures are never ending. When you purchase your accreditation organization of choice standards manual, in it you will be provided with the core standard chapters in which you have to meet. While viewing the core standard chapters you get an idea of what policies your surgery center will need to adopt. Unfortunately I wish at the back of the standards manual they provide you with a list of each and every policy you need to have, but they don’t. Accredia.shop has prepared all of the ASC Policy and Procedures that are easily downloadable. The good news is when you are reading the core standard chapters or the Medicare Guidelines; you can get a good feel for the policies you need to adopt. Also refer to the index portion of the accreditation standards manual; I look at the index as a baseline for what you need and I prepared it in an easy download. Accredia has every policy and procedure that is current. In some circumstances the standards manual and Medicare Guidelines do mention some policies you need to have. Remember when they mention a policy make sure you have policies that cover all aspects of the subject. This way it will equip you with information you need to have written on hand and available to show. In some cases a surveyor will ask for a policy and if you do not have the written version instead just answer what the situation or procedure will entail and then create the policy to show.

Here’s to your success,