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ASCA Comments on Medicare’s 2022 Proposed Payment Rule

SEPTEMBER 2021

Last week, ASCA submitted its comments in response to the calendar year (CY) 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) (86 Fed. Reg. 42018, August 4, 2021).


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Biden Administration Proposes Physician Medicare Policies for 2022

SEPTEMBER 2021

On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released CY 2022 proposed updates to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and other related Part B payment policies.


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Focus on Members

How do you perform disaster drills during work time and make them pertinent?

Leslie Scott

"We schedule quarterly drills . . ."

—Leslie Scott, RN, Johns Hopkins Surgery Center Series

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Features

ASC Focus September 2021

Build a Better Website

Hire experts and involve staff

Taking the Lead

Conversations with two achievers in the ASC community

Tools for Training Administrators

Use these ideas and high-quality resources to educate prospective leaders


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Departments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Advocacy during a Pandemic

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

Medicare’s 2022 Proposed Payment Rule a Mixed Bag for ASCs

AS I SEE IT

What Makes a Great ASC Leader?

DOING BUSINESS

Tips on Marketing an ASC

REGULATORY REVIEW

Electronic Health Records for ASCs

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

Join ASCAPAC, Make Your Voice Heard on Capitol Hill

MEMBER PROFILE

Cheryl Garmon, RN, CASC

ASCA NEWS

Salary Survey Reports Now Available

WEB CRAWL

Share Your Facility Tour Experience from National ASC Month


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Names in the News

AAAHC to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination for Surveyors

SEPTEMBER 2021

The board of directors and executive leadership team of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) in Skokie, Illinois, have adopted a new COVID-19 vaccination requirement for its community of surveyors, according to a release.


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Business News

Provation Partners with ACL Laboratories

AUGUST 2021

Provation of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a software and SaaS provider of procedure documentation and clinical decision support solutions, joined hands with ACL Laboratories, which provides anatomic and clinical pathology services throughout Illinois, Wisconsin and Northern Indiana, according to a recent release.


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