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ASCA Survey Shows Salaries and Caseloads Rising

DECEMBER 2023

ASCs are paying more for nearly every staff position they hire and offering robust benefits packages to help manage increasing caseloads and employee turnover rates that exceeded 20 percent in more than one out of five surgery centers during 2022, data collected in ASCA’s 2023 Salary & Benefits Survey shows.


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Support Continues to Grow for Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act

NOVEMBER 2023

This fall, three new cosponsors have joined the Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2023 (H.R. 972/S. 312): Representatives Greg Murphy, MD (R-NC), Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD (R-IA), and Greg Steube (R-FL).


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Focus on Members

How do you celebrate the holidays at your ASC?

Beth Russell

"We love celebrating our employees! . . ."

—Beth Russell, RN, CASC, Knoxville Orthopaedic Surgery Center

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Features

Develop an Effective Infection Prevention and Control Plan

Involve staff and make it a living document

Improve Communication with Patients

In the process, improve performance

Execute a Successful ASC Bundled Payment Program

How to avoid common obstacles


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Departments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Infection Prevention in Your ASC

DOING BUSINESS

Best Practices in Sterile Processing

REGULATORY REVIEW

Patient Experience Survey to Become Mandatory Soon

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

Surgical Smoke Evacuation Laws Spread across the Country

MEMBER PROFILE

Tammeria Tyler, RN, CAIP

ADVOCACY

ASCA Members Celebrate National ASC Month

ASCA NEWS

Renew Your Membership for 2024

WEB CRAWL

Register for ASCA 2024


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Names in the News

AAAHC Releases 2023 Quality Roadmap

DECEMBER 2023

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) of Deerfield, Illinois, released its 2023 AAAHC Quality Roadmap, a comprehensive analysis of data from nearly 1,800 accreditation surveys conducted in a cross section of organizational types from January 2022 to February 2023, according to a release.


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Business News

Regent Surgical and Oregon Surgical Expand Partnership

DECEMBER 2023

Regent Surgical Health recently expanded its joint venture partnership with Oregon Surgical Institute (OSI), according to a release. As a result of the agreement, Regent has gained majority ownership of OSI.


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