Progressive Huddle: Annual Survey Watch Report 2018

Progressive Surgical Solutions has the advantage of working with scores of facilities across the country, going through a variety of different types of surveys, including State licensing, accreditation, and Medicare certification. You can benefit…

Progressive Half Time: Infection Control Risk Assessment

The risk assessment addresses the facility's responsibility in defining areas of actual and possible failure of "best practices" that could potentially put patients and employees at risk for infection. This presentation will discuss the specific…

Progressive Half Time: Got Compliance? A Pharmacist's Insights for Success

The regulations that cover medication usage, tracking and waste can be very confusing. This program will present guidance that will assist your facility to comply with the basics in pharmacy regulations, and many of the ways your pharmacist…

Progressive Huddle: Life Safety Code Survey Watch

All deemed status surveys now include a separate Life Safety Code engineer and over the past couple years we have seen an increase in citations. In addition, Medicare adopted the 2012 version of Life Safety Code in 2016, which created increased…

Progressive Half Time: Excel for Nurses

Learn how to use Excel to track Key Performance Indicators and forecast staffing expenses – add an extra day to the OR schedule and see the impact on the bottom line. Nancy Stephens will walk you through the formulas using our Excel tool…

Progressive Huddle: DEA Controlled Substances - Tracking and Diversion Prevention

Gregory Tertes, R.Ph. Pharmacist Consultant ASC Pharmacist Consultants, Inc.  Do you have a controlled substance diversion issue at your facility? Every facility says emphatically, “No.”  The thing about diversion is that if we…

Progressive Half Time: Emergency Preparedness Update

Rob Sills, MBA Sills Healthcare Solutions Rob Sills is responsible for oversight of daily operations, strategic planning, physician relations, capital equipment, budgets, supplies, compliance, staffing, recruitment, policy and procedures,…

Progressive Huddle: CMS Quality Reporting Update for ASCs 2018

Gina Throneberry, RN, MBA, CASC, CNOR Director of Education and Clinical Affairs Ambulatory Surgery Center Association CMS requirements and quality reporting can be challenging for perioperative leaders in the ambulatory surgery center…

Progressive Huddle: Annual Survey Watch Report

Crissy Benze, MSN, BSN, RN Progressive Surgical Solutions We have the benefit of working with dozens of surgery centers across the country as they prepare for and go through surveys. Join us for a 20 minute review on the most common deficiencies…