Survey day at your Ambulatory Surgery Center. Surveyors walk through the door. Your team freezes. The next few hours determine whether you pass, receive citations, or face temporary closure. Most ASC administrators know this feeling. The stress. The uncertainty. The nagging thought that something got missed. Here's the thing: survey failures rarely happen because of one catastrophic mistake. They happen because of small, preventable oversights that compound over time. These a

Survey day arrives. The surveyor walks through your doors: CMS, AHCA, or AAAHC. Your team scrambles. Binders get pulled. Staff freeze when asked basic compliance questions. Sound familiar? Most ASC citations stem from preventable gaps. Not negligence. Oversight. The difference between a clean survey and a corrective action plan often comes down to preparation that happens months before surveyors arrive. Here are seven mistakes ambulatory surgery centers make repeatedly: and e