Important Dates in November

November 1, 2019

Make sure to mark your calendar for:

Friday, November 1

• ASCA CEO Bill Prentice will present the national perspective during the "State of the Union" session at 8:45 am ET at the NY Metro 2019 ASC and Healthcare Management Symposium in New York, NY

Monday, November 4

• ASCA CEO Bill Prentice and Regulatory Counsel Kara Newbury will lead the session “What is Going on at the National Level with ASCs” at 10:00 am ET at the Pennsylvania Ambulatory Surgery Association (PASA) Annual Meeting and Educational Seminar in Hershey, PA

Tuesday, November 5

• ASCA webinar CMS Burden Reduction Rule Update at 1:00 pm ET (free for ASCA members)

Wednesday, November 6

• ASCA Regulatory Counsel Kara Newbury will lead the session “National Legislative and Regulatory Activities Affecting our ASCs” at the Maryland Ambulatory Surgery Association (MASA) Annual Fall Conference in Ellicott City, MD

Thursday, November 7

• ASCA CEO Bill Prentice will present the general session "2020 Final Payment Schedule" at 1:40 pm ET at the New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (NYSAASC) 2019 Fall Conference in New York, NY

Monday, November 11

• ASCA Regulatory Counsel Kara Newbury will lead the session “ASC Federal Regulatory Update” at the Arkansas Ambulatory Surgery Association (AASA) 17th Annual Conference in Little Rock, AR

Friday, November 15

• Last day to get the early bird registration rate for the ASCA 2020 Winter Seminar, January 16–18 in New Orleans, LA
• Third-quarter (Q3) reports from ASCA’s 2019 Clinical & Operational Benchmarking Survey available to subscribers

Tuesday, November 19

• ASCA webinar CMS Quality Reporting for ASCs at 1:00 pm ET

Month of November:

• Check out ASCA’s latest Asked & Answered feature, in which ASC anesthesiologist Sundar Rajendran, MD, discusses a postop pain control technique that serves as an alternative to opioids
• ASCA MEMBERS: Renew your ASCA membership by November 30 to be entered to win an Amazon Echo Dot
• Prepare for the year ahead by:
  • Subscribing to ASCA’s 2020 Clinical & Operational Benchmarking Survey to monitor and improve your ASC’s performance (prices increase January 1)
  • Making plans to attend the ASCA 2020 Conference & Expo, May 13–16 in Orlando, FL (prices increase January 1)
  • Purchasing ASCA’s 2020 Webinar All-Access Pass to save more than $1,000 on a full year of quality ASC education and the CE credits you need

Coming soon:

• Medicare's 2020 final payment rule is scheduled for release in early November