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Design Considerations for an ASC

Choose an ASC architect and work closely with your state health department and team

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Design Considerations for an ASC

Choose an ASC architect and work closely with your state health department and full team

Role of HVAC in Infection Prevention

Implement a system that monitors and logs temperature, humidity and pressure of your unit

Improve Outcomes Through Environmental Hygiene

Follow the rules, educate staff and create checklists

Protect Your ASC From Embezzlement

Establish internal controls, use an external accountant and conduct regular audits

Trends in ASC Design

Consider these practical, cost-cutting ideas


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Departments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Ophthalmology Cases Give ASCs a Chance to Shine

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

Take Advantage of ASCA Resources

AS I SEE IT

For It Is in Giving that We Receive

DOING BUSINESS

Control Ancillary Services Costs

TECHNOLOGY

Enhance Cybersecurity in Your ASC

REGULATORY REVIEW

Keep Your Next Building Project Compliant

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

What ‘Medicare for All’ Could Mean for Your Facility

ASCA NEWS

Attend ASCA’s September Webinars

WEB CRAWL

ASCA Introduces Online 'Asked & Answered' Series


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Digital Debut

Advanced Endoscopy Center Hosts Congressman

BY ADAM PARKER | SEPTEMBER 2019

On September 4, the Advanced Endoscopy Center (AEC) hosted US Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) at its Bronx center as part of National ASC Month. Every year, ASCA and ASCs across the country celebrate National ASC Month by hosting facility tours for members of Congress and state lawmakers.


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Calling for Input on Medicare’s 2020 ASC Proposed Payment Rule

BY KARA NEWBURY | AUGUST 2019

ASCA needs your input in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2020 proposed ASC payment rule. ASCA will submit comments raising industry-wide concerns, but it is important that CMS hears from individual centers as well, so that the agency understands how the policy changes impact your facility.


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Focus on Members

What are your top three tips for timely patient collections?

Karen Reiter

"Surgeons dictating timely in the OR, before they leave the room, which is what we call best practice. ..."

—Karen Reiter, Chief Executive Officer, DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach


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Names in the News

McKesson Medical-Surgical Honors ASCA CEO

SEPTEMBER 2019

Bill Prentice, chief executive officer of ASCA, received an award “for helping to inform the public and policymakers about Ambulatory Surgery Centers and the professionals who own and operate them” from McKesson Medical-Surgical.


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Surgery Center of Fairbanks Receives Best Practice Award

AUGUST 2019

Inventory Optimization Solutions (IOS) in Aliso Viejo, California, recognized The Surgery Center of Fairbanks (SCF) in Fairbanks, Alaska, with its 2019 Best Practice Award Q2, according to an SCF release.


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