ASCA NEWS  |  SEPTEMBER 2018

Register by September 30, Save on ASCA’s Winter Seminar

Attend ASCA’s 2019 Winter Seminar, January 17–19, in Austin, Texas, and get the new year off to a great start. Register by September 30 to get the best rates.

This year’s program features three tracks:

• Coding Update & Reimbursement Strategies: Make sure you are not leaving money on the table. Join this popular track to review this year’s coding and billing changes, prepare for 2019 changes and learn how to maximize reimbursements at your facility.
• Infection Prevention Techniques for ASCs: Protect your patients and your ASC with this state-of-the-art investigation into best practices in sterilization, instrument reprocessing and the policies you need to prevent infections in your ASC. Get practical advice on how to sustain a comprehensive infection prevention program.
• ASC Management Essentials (new in 2019): Learn to navigate the everchanging guidelines and regulatory standards that apply to ASCs and keep your surgery center focused on providing the best possible patient care. Whether it is finance, human resources or inventory management, this new track has the answers.

The registration fee includes access to all three tracks, so you can attend the sessions that are most relevant to you in any and all of the tracks.

To learn more and reserve your spot, visit ASCA's Winter Seminar page.

Apply for ASCA Foundation’s Medical Mission Scholarships

The ASCA Foundation invites eligible nurses, surgical techs and scrub techs interested in medical mission opportunities with One World Surgery to apply for the foundation’s new scholarship program.

During One World Surgery’s weeklong medical missions, clinical and nonclinical participants come together to perform life-changing surgeries at the Holy Family Surgery Center in Honduras. This world-class surgery center, which One World Surgery funds and operates, is located on the 2,000-acre ranch of the children’s home Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH), approximately an hour northeast of Tegucigalpa.

The ASCA Foundation scholarships will cover the program fee—which includes food and lodging, ground transport in Honduras, and emergency medical and evacuation insurance—as well as one coach round-trip airfare for eligible ASCA members.

Read an interview with Claire Cunningham, executive director of One World Surgery, in the June–July 2018 issue of ASC Focus. Learn more and apply today.

Apply for ASCA Foundation’s Medical Mission Scholarships

The ASCA Foundation invites eligible nurses, surgical techs and scrub techs interested in medical mission opportunities with One World Surgery to apply for the foundation’s new scholarship program.

During One World Surgery’s weeklong medical missions, clinical and nonclinical participants come together to perform life-changing surgeries at the Holy Family Surgery Center in Honduras. This world-class surgery center, which One World Surgery funds and operates, is located on the 2,000-acre ranch of the children’s home Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH), approximately an hour northeast of Tegucigalpa.

The ASCA Foundation scholarships will cover the program fee—which includes food and lodging, ground transport in Honduras, and emergency medical and evacuation insurance—as well as one coach round-trip airfare for eligible ASCA members.

Read an interview with Claire Cunningham, executive director of One World Surgery, in the June–July 2018 issue of ASC Focus. Learn more and apply today.