The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic
and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) combined their respective national bariatric
surgery accreditation programs into a single unified program to achieve
one national accreditation standard for bariatric surgery centers, the
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement
Program (MBSAQIP).
MBSAQIP works to advance safe, high-quality care for bariatric surgical
patients through the accreditation of bariatric surgical centers. A bariatric
surgical center achieves accreditation following a rigorous review process
during which it proves that it can maintain certain physical resources,
human resources, and standards of practice. All accredited centers report
their outcomes to the MBSAQIP database.
