CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES ISSUES NOTICE: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS: APPLICATION FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ACCREDITATION OF AMBULATORY SURGERY FACILITIES FOR CONTINUED CMS-APPROVAL OF ITS RURAL HEALTH CLINIC (RHC) ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a notice called: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities for Continued CMS-Approval of its Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Accreditation Program.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 10 by Vanessa Garcia, Federal Register Liaison, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Summary: This notice announces our decision to approve the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, DBA QUAD A, for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for rural health clinics that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

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