- Title
- Approval of Deeming Authority of the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery
- Memo #
- 11-27-AO
- Posting Date
- 05/06/2011
- Fiscal Year
- 2011
- Summary
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. as a national accreditation program for providers of outpatient physical therapy and speech-language pathology services seeking to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Providers of outpatient physical therapy and speech-language pathology services now have an accreditation option where previously none existed.