Important Dates in October

October 1, 2018

Make sure to mark your calendar for:

Today, October 1

• ASCA’s 2019 membership renewal cycle opens. Renew your ASC’s membership online or return the renewal form you receive later this month
• Data collection opens for the third quarter (Q3) of ASCA’s Clinical & Operational Benchmarking Survey
• ASCA CEO Bill Prentice and ASCA Regulatory Counsel Kara Newbury will lead "A National Perspective on ASC and Regulatory Issues" at 12:30 pm ET at the 2018 Pennsylvania Ambulatory Surgery Association (PASA) Annual Meeting in Harrisburg, PA

Tuesday, October 9

• ASCA webinar Best Practices in Surgical Instrument Reprocessing at 1:00 pm ET

Friday, October 12

• Presentation from ASCA CEO Bill Prentice at the 6^th Annual Northeast ASC Conference in Waltham, MA

Monday, October 15

• Last day to receive the early bird registration discount for ASCA’s 2019 Winter Seminar, January 17–19 in Austin, TX

Friday, October 19

• ASCA CEO Bill Prentice will lead the "Key Legislative Issues" session at 3:20 pm CT at Becker's ASC Review 25^th Annual Meeting, October 18–20 in Chicago, IL

Tuesday, October 23

• ASCA webinar A Shifting Perspective: The Voice of the Millennial Professional at 1:00 pm ET

Tuesday, October 30

• Two ASCA staff members will lead sessions at the Illinois Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (IASCA) 2018 Annual Meeting, October 29–30 in Oak Brook, IL
  • ASCA Director of Government Affairs, Heather Ashby, will lead the “Federal Advocacy Update” session at 10:30 am CT
  • ASCA Regulatory Counsel Kara Newbury will lead the “Federal Regulatory Update” session at 1:15 pm CT

Wednesday, October 31

• Deadline to submit Q3 data for ASCA’s Clinical & Operational Benchmarking Survey

Month of October:

• Purchase ASCA’s 2018 Webinar All-Access Pass to get both of this month’s webinars plus the rest of the 2018 series—including recordings of programs held earlier this year—for one low price
• Read the Summer/Fall 2018 edition of ASC Physician Focus, a free quarterly publication for physicians who own and perform procedures in ASCs
• Apply for the ASCA Foundation’s Medical Mission Scholarship Program, which provides funding for nurses, surgical techs and scrub techs who participate in One World Surgery’s weeklong medical missions to Honduras (scholarships available to ASCA members only)

Coming Soon:

• Registration opens soon for:
• ASCA’s 2019 Winter Seminar, January 17–19 in Austin, TX
• The ASCA 2019 Conference & Expo, May 15–18 in Nashville, TN