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South Carolina Finalizes New ASC Licensing Regulations

JULY 26, 2024

Surgery centers in South Carolina now face new obligations due to implementation of the certificate of need (CON) reform that occurred on May 16, 2023. Based on that CON reform, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control finalized significant changes to the state’s ASC licensing regulations on June 28.


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CMS Releases 2025 Proposed Medicare Payment Rule

JULY 11, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 proposed payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments (HOPD) on July 10. Of note, CMS concurred with ASCA’s request and proposed to continue to align the ASC update factor with the one used to update HOPD payments through 2025.


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Focus on Members

What documents do you keep in your employee files?

Marjorie Reiter

"The documents kept in our employee files . . ."

—Marjorie Reiter, Surgery Center of Central New Jersey

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Features

ASC Focus June-July 2024

Optimize Your Sterile Processing Department

Hire the right people, communicate between departments and maintain your equipment

Improve Physician Engagement

In the process, optimize your center’s growth

Making It Less Scary

How to cultivate a comforting and engaging environment for pediatric patients


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Departments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Improve Patient Engagement, Improve Outcomes

DOING BUSINESS

Rules of Engagement

REGULATORY REVIEW

Six Months Left to Implement Patient Experience Survey

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

Advocating for ASC Growth

MEMBER PROFILE

Fawn Esser Lipp, CASC

ASCA NEWS

Attend ASCA’s July Webinar

WEB CRAWL

Q2 Benchmarking Data Submission Opens in July


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Names in the News

Compass Surgical Partners Appoints New CPO

JULY 26, 2024

Compass Surgical Partners, an independent, full-service ASC development and management partner, named Darcy Smith as chief people officer (CPO), reporting to Chief Executive Officer DJ Hill, according to a release.


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Business News

triValence Partners with MediGroup

JULY 9, 2024

triValence LLC, a platform technology company that streamlines the supply chain and expense management operations in the non-acute healthcare sector, joined forces with MediGroup Physician Services, according to a release.


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