Key Updates to ASC Accrediting Organizations’ Standards

Coming in February

Understanding accreditation standards is critical to successful surveys and ongoing compliance. This virtual course offers a comprehensive overview of the ASC accrediting organizations’ standards, with an emphasis on recent changes and new requirements. Participants will examine common citations, learn where ASCs most often struggle, and identify actionable opportunities for improvement to help strengthen policies, processes and survey outcomes.

Registration opening soon.

Pricing

Members Included*
Nonmembers $499

*This course is included in 2026 ASCA membership. Members must register for the course to receive access. If you register for the course before your facility has renewed its membership for 2026, you will be charged the nonmember registration rate; refunds will not be provided.

The course features speakers from each of the following ASC accrediting organizations:

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of David M. Shapiro David M. Shapiro, MD, LHRM, CHC, CHCQM, CPHRM Consultant/Risk Manager Ambulatory Surgery Company

Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Rommie Ochieng Johnson Rommie Ochieng Johnson, MPH, PMP Program DirectorACHC
Headshot of Kelly Dragon Kelly Dragon, MSN, RN Clinical Review Specialist & SurveyorACHC

DNV

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Michelle Coalson Michelle Coalson, MBA, MSN, RN Program Manager DNV
Headshot of Troy D. McCann Troy D. McCann Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs DNV

Joint Commission

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Tiffany Wiksten Tiffany Wiksten, DNP, RN, CIC Senior Associate Director, Standards Interpretation Group, Operations and Quality AssuranceJoint Commission

Quad A

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Hilda Hebbard Hilda Hebberd, MSN, BSN, RN Survey Analyst Quad A

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Continuing Education

To receive credit, you must complete an evaluation for each session through the Education & Events Portal by December 31, 2026.

You will need your customer ID number to log in to the portal. Your customer ID number is located in the Profile Details box on your profile page.

If you need any assistance, please contact registration@ascassociation.org.

Nursing contact hours and AEUs will be offered. More information coming soon.

Disclosure

These presentations may include opinions, advice, statements, materials, data, images, videos, documentation and other information (“Materials”) expressed or shared by presenters. The Materials are for informational purposes only, and the statements, views and opinions expressed at any presentation, or in any Materials, are those solely of the presenter and not of ASCA. Further, ASCA does not endorse or recommend any specific presenter, promoter, company or center, or any views mentioned at any conference or meeting, or in the Materials. Under no circumstances will ASCA (or its directors, officers, employees or agents) be liable for the accuracy, quality or reliability of any of the presentations or Materials, or any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of presenters, including but not limited to intellectual property infringement or any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising from any presentations or Materials.

Cancellation Policy

Registration fees are nonrefundable.

Can’t attend? Someone from your facility can attend in your place. Substitutions can be made free of charge for your initial substitution and $55 for each substitution thereafter. All requests must be made in writing and sent via email to the ASCA Meetings Department at registration@ascassociation.org.