WEB CRAWL: Renew Your ASCA Membership for 2020

RENEW YOUR ASCA MEMBERSHIP FOR 2020

The 2020 ASCA membership renewal cycle opens Tuesday, October 1, 2019, and closes Tuesday, December 31. Members who do not renew by this date will have their benefits suspended.

Act now to avoid losing access to this magazine and other vital member benefits, including ASCA Connect; ASCA’s weekly News Digest and Government Affairs Update e-newsletters; breaking news updates delivered directly to your inbox; discounts on ASCA’s Clinical & Operational Benchmarking Survey; and other free and discounted educational tools and programming.

If you have not already done so, renew your membership online or email Member Relations Manager LaToya Millet and request an invoice.

ascassociation.org/membership

TWO FREE RESOURCES CAN HELP YOU MARKET YOUR ASC

ASCA’s new one-page “What Is an ASC?” infographic and Medicare’s online Procedure Price Lookup tool can help you tell prospective patients, policymakers and others about the high-value care your ASC provides. Learn more about how to use these resources from ASCA.

ascassociation.org/marketing-tools-2019

UPDATED ASCA RATE CALCULATOR COMING IN OCTOBER

In October, ASCA will update its 2019 Medicare Rate Calculator to reflect fourth-quarter changes to the ASC payment rates. This free, members-only resource helps you determine national and local payment rates for the procedures your ASC performs. Quarterly changes are made primarily to reimbursement rates for many of the ancillary codes.

ascassociation.org/medicareratecalculator

PARTICIPATE IN ASCA’s MEDICAL MISSION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

ASCA members are invited to apply for Medical Mission Scholarships provided through the ASCA Foundation’s partnership with One World Surgery. Opportunities are available for nurses, surgical techs, scrub techs, CRNAs and sterile processors; each scholarship covers the program fee as well as roundtrip coach airfare for the participant.

 ascassociation.org/ows-scholarships