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ASC Focus January 2021

2021 In Light of the Pandemic

Industry experts share tips and strategies to make the best of what we have

Rethink Your Approach to Culture of Safety

Crises like the COVID-19 pandemic test an organization’s habits and help reshape and improve it

Keeping Staff Safe, Motivated and Rewarded in the New Normal

Show appreciation, support work-life balance and work as a team

How to Prepare for 2021

Q&A with ASCA Board member Stuart Simon, MD


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Departments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

What Will 2021 Bring to the ASC Industry?

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

Onward and Upward

AS I SEE IT

ASCs Prove to Be a Vital Resource during the Pandemic

REGULATORY REVIEW

ASCA Advocacy in the Pandemic

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

Review of the 116th Congress

MEMBER PROFILE

Gary Richberg, RN, CASC

ASCA NEWS

Subscribe to Benchmarking in 2021, Get a Free Publication

WEB CRAWL

Renew Your ASCA Membership for 2021


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Digital Debut

HIPAA Biannual Update

JANUARY 2021

Since ASCA’s last update in July, healthcare organizations across the country posted 324 breaches of protected health information (PHI) affecting 500 or more individuals. This is the highest number of breaches reported in a six-month span in the past three years and exceeds the number of breaches in the first half of 2020 by almost 40 percent.


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Review of the Last Quarter of the 116th Congress

JANUARY 2021

With many members of Congress curtailing their in-person events and meetings during the pandemic and many ASCs operating under tight new safety constraints, ASCA created a virtual tour program so that members could maintain contact with their federal representatives.


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Focus on Members

What is the highest BMI you allow and in what age group?

Kristine Vale

"We do not have a specific cutoff . . ."

—Kristine Vale, RN, Carolina Center for Specialty Surgery

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Names in the News

ASC Quality Collaboration Selects New Executive Director

JANUARY 2021

Kathy Wilson Kathy Wilson, RN, has been named executive director of the ASC Quality Collaboration, the organization created in 2006 to develop quality measures for ASCs.


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