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Nurse’s Criminal Conviction Raises Concerns for Healthcare Providers

MAY 2022

The RaDonda Vaught verdict has healthcare providers, including many in ASCs, on edge as they contemplate its effects on staffing shortages and their own lives.


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ASCA 2022 in Full Swing

APRIL 2022

After two years of virtual events, the ASCA 2022 Conference & Expo in Dallas, Texas, is back in person and wraps up tomorrow. The Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center is abuzz with 1,940 participants, 179 exhibiting companies and 24 sponsors.


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Focus on Members

How do you encourage your surgeons to complete operative reports on time?

Aby Morris

"Our facility established a policy . . ."

—Aby Morris, RN, Union City Surgery Center

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Features

Sterile Processing Challenges in the ASC

Steps to consider to keep your center up to standards

Tips to Improve Clinical Documentation

Thorough charts, accurate codes and EHR are key

Incisional Negative Pressure Therapy Could Migrate More Cases to ASCs

This preventive tool reduces the chances of SSI in high-risk patients


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Departments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Let’s Talk Safety

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

Tell Your Doctors about ASCA’s Newest Publication

ASCA 2022

Who Signs on the Dotted Line?

AS I SEE IT

Identify and Assess Risk during Your Accreditation Survey

REGULATORY REVIEW

How to Report ASC-20 Accurately

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

Prepare for the Future; Talk to Your Policymakers

MEMBER PROFILE

Mary Merrill, RN

ASCA NEWS

Q1 2022 Benchmarking Reports Available May 15

WEB CRAWL

Save the Date for ASCA 2023


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Names in the News

Bernard J. Tyson Award Now Accepting Applications

MAY 2022

The Joint Commission of Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, and Kaiser Permanente based in Oakland, California, are now accepting applications for the second annual Bernard J. Tyson National Award for Excellence in Pursuit of Healthcare Equity, according to a release.


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Daly, Deas Receive ASCA’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award

APRIL 2022

ASCA awarded this year’s Nap Gary Legacy Award for Lifetime Achievement in the ASC Community to Peter Daly, MD, chief medical officer and cofounder of One World Surgery, and Thomas M. Deas, Jr., MD, retired vice president of physician engagement at North Texas Specialty Physicians.


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Business News

Henry Schein Announces Staff Changes

APRIL 2022

Henry Schein of Melville, New York, announced that Gerald A. Benjamin will retire as executive vice president and chief administrative officer, effective July 1, 2022, after 34 years with the company, according to a release.


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