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Trends in ASC Robotics

The market appears primed to experience rapid growth

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Trends in ASC Robotics

The market appears primed to experience rapid growth

Introduce and Grow a Robotics Program

Research, plan and get physician buy-in before you act

‘The Way We Work Together’

Copper Ridge Surgery Center shares its patient care initiative story


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REGULATORY REVIEW

CMS, ONC Release New Regulations on EHI

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

Host a Facility Tour

ASCA NEWS

Salary Survey Results Available in July

WEB CRAWL

Mark Your Calendar for Member Appreciation Week


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Digital Debut

Protect Your ASC From Embezzlement

BY ROBERT KURTZ | JUNE 2019

Scrubs. Gloves. Scalpels. Drapes. A rowboat. Which of these is not like the others?

Margaret Acker, RN, CASC, wishes she did not need to answer this question. She was the chief executive officer (CEO) of an ASC when she saw an unauthorized purchase of a rowboat on her ASC's credit card statement.


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Trump Administration’s Prescription Drug Plan Signals New Proposed Rules

BY ALEX TAIRA | MAY 2019

The US now spends more per person on prescription medication than any other country, with more than $340 billion in total retail prescription drug spending per year. According to a October 2018 poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), healthcare was the most important issue area among registered voters, and healthcare costs, including prescription drugs, was listed as the most important issue within healthcare.


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Focus on Members

How do you train your coders and keep up with the evolving codes?

Cindy Young

"We send our business office manager and our coder to the ASCA winter coding conference each year as well as have them attend any webinars on coding ASCA during the year. . ..."

—Cindy Young, Surgery Center of Farmington


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Names in the News

Slosburg Receives Nap Gary Award for Lifetime Achievement

MAY 2019

Donna Slosburg

ASCA awarded its Nap Gary Legacy Award for Lifetime Achievement in the ASC Community to Donna Slosburg, RN, CASC, executive director of ASC Quality Collaboration (ASC QC).


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