Member Focus

Member Focus invites ASCA members to express their views on key ASC issues. Share your perspective with your colleagues and get to know your peers in the ASC community.

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Are there benefits to outsourcing provider credentialing and privileging? What are they?
How do you identify allergies in your patients’ physical medical records?

Questions? Write Sahely Mukerji.

Pamela Boyd, RN

Title: Director of Nursing
Facility Name: Glasgow Medical Center LLC dba First State Surgery Center | ChristianaCare
City: Newark
State: Delaware
Length of time your facility has been an ASCA member: Five or more years

Do you incentivize staff for referring new employees? How?

Within our orthopedic practice, when an employee refers a new hire, they are compensated after the new employee completes 90 days of service. If an employee refers an RN or a scrub technician, the referring employee receives $1,000 after the new hire completes 90 days of service. If an employee refers a person with a clinical degree, the referring employee receives $750 after the new hire completes 90 days of service. And if an employee refers a person who is clinical but without a degree, the referring employee receives $500 after the new hire completes 90 days of service.

Does any employee other than your physicians, like RNs or scrub techs, operate the C-arm?

No, in the state of Delaware, only certified radiologic technologists and surgeons can take the picture. Staff can move and position the C-arm but only MDs and radiologic technologists can push the button.

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