A new pharmacist-in-charge signs on in March, nobody mentions a self-assessment because it is not July, and nine months later an inspector asks for the form dated within 30 days of the change. That trigger is now statutory text. Here is what changed, which form is current, and who signs what.

Most surgery center administrators meet their consultant pharmacist twice: when the contract is signed and when a surveyor asks who is responsible for pharmaceutical services. The quarterly visit is where the whole thing is decided.

Medication management is one of those areas where ASCs don’t usually have one giant failure. They have a dozen tiny “almost fine” habits tha