ASC Academy: A Guide to Quality and Risk Management

Build Your Quality and Risk Management Program 

This online guide is the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) administrator's go-to resource for comprehensive training on Quality and Risk Management, which is vital to the success of your surgery center. Quality and Risk Management programs are major components of most licensure and accreditation requirements. ASCs are required to create an ongoing quality program that assesses risk, collects data, performs process improvement, and communicates the findings throughout the organization. 

Quality and Risk Management Guidance for ASC Administrators

ASC leaders are navigating the various roles and responsibilities to lead teams in providing quality care in a highly regulated environment.  Whether you have a business or clinical background, ASC administrators and executive leaders must understand and comply with the requirements of their local, state, federal, regulatory, and accreditation agencies. 

Complete with an arsenal of tools to put this knowledge into practice at your ASC, gain the knowledge and skills for creating a comprehensive quality and risk management program including assessing, planning, collecting, monitoring, and reporting of quality, risk, and performance improvement outcomes. Learn how to navigate the ASC annual Quality Reporting Submission (ASCQR).

Quality & Risk Management Course Features

• Quality and Risk Management online modules
• Step-by-step Implementation Guide with video content 
• 15 downloadable and customizable tools and templates for turnkey implementation

Quality & Risk Management Implementation Tools & Templates

• AAAHC DMS Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Checklist
• CMS Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Checklist
• The Joint Commission Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Checklist
• Policy and Procedures Templates: Complaint and Grievance, Discharge Criteria, Discharge Instructions, Peer Review Chart, and Quality Risk Assessment
• Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) Plan & Evaluation Checklist
• QAPI Annual Evaluation Template
• QAPI Annual Evaluation Summary
• Organizational Chart: Reporting Structure of an ASC
• Quality Reporting Calendar
• Quality Assurance Meeting: Sample Reporting Agendas (Quarterly and Annual)

Quality & Risk Management Course Objectives

• Apply course information to customize the tools for assessing, tracking, and implementing a comprehensive, ongoing quality, risk management and performance improvement program.  
• Organize your data, rate your facility’s current compliance, and create a quality and risk management program based on your accreditation requirements (CMS, AAAHC, The Joint Commission). 
• Establish registration and processes to meet requirements for internal and external reporting of quality and performance improvement outcomes; Governing Body, ASCQRS, NHSN. 
• Utilize the tools, templates, checklists, and resources to plan, create, implement, or revise a successful quality, risk management and performance improvement program.    

Contact Hours

Upon completion of the course and course evaluation, students will earn 3.5 contact hours. 

AEU and IPCH

This program is approved for up to 3.5 hours of AEUs and up to 2.5 hours of IPCHs by BASC Provider #0102. 

Course Access

The learner has 6 months from the time of first course launch to access and complete the course.