Welcome to the ASC Advocacy Center

Make your voice heard today!

The ASC Association, the national ASC organization, is the premier advocate for access to ambulatory surgical services. Nothing is more important to our efforts than your voice. This site is designed to empower the ASC community to take action on important issues affecting our industry.

State Legal and Regulatory Updates

State Update
Each issue of ASC Focus, the ASC Association's bimonthly publication covering ASC issues, includes a State Update column with reports on key ASC activities in state legislature and regulatory bodies across the country. A quick summary of what is happening with web links to key legislative and regulatory documents. Available free to members and for purchase by non-members.

E-Update
The ASC Association sends weekly e-alerts to our members. These e-alerts provide members with current information and analysis on issues affecting their ASCs.

ASC Fact Sheets, White Papers, and Reports

ASC Association members need resources to support their public policy advocacy in Washington, DC and in the state capitals. The ASC Fact Sheets and white papers that we have developed provide that support. If you are in need of other reports, research, or fact sheets to assist you in your efforts, contact the ASC Association at ASC@ascassociation.org or 703.036.8808.

Ambulatory Surgery Centers a Positive Trend in Health Care
This ASC Trends report illustrates research supporting the growth and expansion of ASCs. More specifics on the information included or other sources outlining the contributions ASCs make to Meeting America's Surgical Needs is available by contacting ASC@ascassociation.org or 703.836.8808.

ASCs: Meeting America's Surgical Needs & So Much More!
This fact sheet describes the many ways in which ASCs contribute to their communities.

Medicare-certified ASCs per State
Use this map to determine where across the country ASCs exist. For listings by state or by legislator's district, email ASC@ascassociation.org.

Meeting America's Surgical Needs
This comprehensive brochure designed for legislators provides an overview of ASCs and the role surgery centers play in Meeting America's Surgical Needs. It includes information on the number of ASCs by state, specialties served in ASCs and the regulatory oversight and quality standards ASCs must meet.

Physician-led Ambulatory Surgical Centers Vital to Meeting the Surgical Needs of Tomorrow
Click to order. Citizens in every state have access to more than 5,200 ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) across the nation largely due to physician ownership. This white paper describes why physician ownership of ASCs is a win-win situation and the benefits of their contributions to ASCs.

Advocacy Tools Available from the ASC Association

Open House Tool Kit
ASCs are encouraged to join their colleagues across the country and open their doors to the local community. To help in that effort, ASC Association has developed resources to make your ASC's open house run smoothly and effectively.

Send Letters to Your Members of Congress Today!
With ASC Association's powerful online letter witting tool, it is easy to write to your Senators and Representative in Congress and express your support for the Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007 today.

Contact Your State ASC Association
The ASC Association encourages all of our members to contact their state associations and get involved in strengthening the ASC industry at the state and local level.

ASC action needed today

ASC legislation pending in the U.S. Congress — The ASC Association needs you to write to your Senators and Representative in Congress and ask them to cosponsor the Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007.

Write to your Congressperson at the ASC Association Advocacy Legislative Action Center.

Texas and Louisiana ASCs send a thank you letter to Rep. Barton and Rep. McCrery

Thank them for sending a letter to Kerry Weems, acting administrator of CMS, expressing their concerns about CMS's proposed re-definition of an ASC that would prohibit overnight care. Write them today!

ASCPAC

ASCPAC The ASCPAC is the ASC Association's nonpartisan political action committee. The ASCPAC is dedicated to electing and supporting strong ASC advocates in congress so that the ASC community can continue to grow with full government support.