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If you haven’t already, register today for the ASCA 2022 Conference & Expo, taking place April 27–30 in Dallas, TX. In addition to more than 40 top-quality educational sessions, ASCA 2022 will also offer five pre-conference workshops covering finance and accounting and how to prepare for various accreditations, an extensive ASC-specific expo hall, a return to in-person networking and the chance to explore the wonderful city of Dallas. Register by February 28 to save. |
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Join us next Tuesday, February 15, at 1:00 pm ET, for the third webinar in the Clinical Manager track of ASCA’s 2022 Webinar Series. During Identifying Cost Savings While Maintaining Excellence in Care, participants will learn impactful ways to manage expenses while identifying cost savings opportunities from service contracts to supplies and labor. This webinar is also included in ASCA’s 2022 Webinar All-Access Pass, which provides access to all 12 webinars in this year’s series for one low fee. |
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Go online to take advantage of ASCA’s free, members-only Medicare payment resources. These tools include the Medicare Rate Calculator, spreadsheets for different code groups in the 2022 final payment rule and a 2022 final rule analysis. These resources help you determine national and local payment rates for the procedures your ASC is performing this year and offer you valuable assistance in determining the impact of Medicare’s final payment changes for 2022 on your ASC. Note: These resources are available to ASCA members only. Not a member? Join today! |
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Visit the ASC Focus website to read the latest edition of the ASC Focus magazine. Highlights of this issue include “ASCA 2022 Returns In Person,” “ASC Legislation Would Help Level the Playing Field for Outpatient Surgery” and “Know Your Congressional Champions.” |
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In its 2022 final payment rule for ASCs, CMS authorized a nomination process for requesting codes to be added to the ASC Covered Procedures List (ASC-CPL) for 2023 and beyond. Please help ASCA advocate for the expansion of the list of procedures that CMS considers clinically appropriate for ASCs to provide to Medicare beneficiaries by completing a brief survey. ASCA members are asked to take this survey by Friday, February 11, 2022.
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Healthcare Innovation (02/04/22) Andrew Lovewell
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Over the past decade, many procedures once performed in hospital outpatient surgery departments have moved to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). As of 2017, more than half of outpatient surgeries were performed in an ASC, up from 32 percent in 2005.
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Healthcare Innovation (02/04/22) Andrew Lovewell
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Joint Commission (02/03/22) Lin Shen; Zoe Burns; Sonali Desai
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COVID-19 has strained our health care system, impacting hospital capacity, staffing and burnout. The resulting disruptions (e.g., care deferment, cognitive errors, changes to workflows) can contribute to missed or delayed diagnoses.
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Joint Commission (02/03/22) Lin Shen; Zoe Burns; Sonali Desai
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Medscape (02/04/22) Nancy A. Melville
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Samples from patients in the United States and Kenya show an increasing emergence of previously undetected vancomycin-resistant strains of Clostridioides difficile, sparking concern as recurrences in the treatment of C. difficile infection (CDI) continue to rise. "Our results may help explain a decreasing effectiveness of antibiotic-based therapy in C. difficile infection, since a significant proportion of patients harboring strains with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin may not respond to treatment," report the authors in research published recently in Clinical Infectious Diseases. |
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Medscape (02/04/22) Nancy A. Melville
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JD Supra (02/02/22) Kirk Davis; Danielle Gordet
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Florida is continuing its efforts to improve patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). The Florida Legislature previously approved a requirement that hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) conduct patient safety surveys and tasked the Agency for Health Care Administration with implementing a rule specifying the submission process for these surveys.
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JD Supra (02/02/22) Kirk Davis; Danielle Gordet
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AMA News Release (01/27/22) Tanya Albert Henry
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The COVID-19 pandemic has further strained an already overloaded physician workforce and put a spotlight on ensuring that physicians have unimpeded access to the mental health care they need. Indeed, it's more crucial than ever to ensure that federal and state laws guarantee confidential care to support physicians' mental health.
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AMA News Release (01/27/22) Tanya Albert Henry
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JAMA Ophthalmology (01/13/22) Rogerio Garcia Nespolo; Darvin Yi; Emily Cole; et al.
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In this cross-sectional study, a region-based convolutional neural network was able to track the pupil and to identify the current surgical phase being performed with a mean area under the receiver operating characteristic curve greater than 95 percent, triggering surgical guidance tools developed with computer vision. These findings suggest that a platform that can be integrated into surgical ophthalmic microscopes can provide real-time audiovisual feedback to the surgeon during cataract surgery, combining deep learning neural networks with custom surgical guidance tools built with computer vision techniques.
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JAMA Ophthalmology (01/13/22) Rogerio Garcia Nespolo; Darvin Yi; Emily Cole; et al.
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About ASCAMission: The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) is the national membership association that represents ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and provides advocacy and resources to assist ASCs in delivering high-quality, cost-effective ambulatory surgery to all the patients they serve. About Us: At ASCA, we are eager to help you become better acquainted with our nation's ASCs and the people who own and operate them. We are also eager to help you develop policies on ASC-related issues. If you have questions, please contact us. We'll put you in touch with the experts and, if you like, arrange for you to visit an ASC in your area. Contact Us: Advertising inquiries should be addressed to Chris Schriever or Alex Yewdell at 202.337.1897 or at advertising@ascassociation.org. Follow ASCA on
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