Continuing Education

Continuing Education Credits

To receive credit, you must complete an evaluation for each session through the Continuing Education Portal by June 30, 2018. You will use the same ID number listed on your badge. If you have any questions regarding your customer ID, please contact registration@ascassociation.org.

Administrator Education Units (AEUs)

This program is approved for up to 16.00 units of AEU credit by BASC Provider #3272. Additional credits may be earned by attending a pre-meeting workshop (up to 9.0 AEUs for half-day pre-meetings).

Certified Ambulatory Infection Preventionist (CAIP™) Credential

ASCA 2018 offers attendees the opportunity to earn many of the continuing education credits in infection prevention they need to qualify for the new CAIP exam, which will be offered for the first time in October 2018. Learn more about CAIP

Nursing Contact Hours

This program is approved for up to 16.00 nursing contact hours by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #6949. Additional contact hours may be earned by attending a pre-meeting workshop (8.0 contact hours for the CASC Review or up to 9.0 contact hours for the half-day pre-meetings).

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Ciné-Med and the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA). Ciné-Med is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.

Ciné-Med designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AEU Content Area

Wednesday, April 11

Time	Title	AEU Content Area
8:00am-12:00pm	Preparing for AAAHC Accreditation	Regulatory and Legal Issues
8:00am-12:00pm	Preparing for Joint Commission Accreditation	Regulatory and Legal Issues
8:00am-12:00pm	Your New Life Safety Code Survival Guide—Part I	Regulatory and Legal Issues
1:00pm-5:00pm	Your New Life Safety Code Survival Guide—Part II	Regulatory and Legal Issues
3:30pm-5:00pm	A Meeting with the Experts	Regulatory and Legal Issues

Thursday, April 12

Time	Title	AEU Content Area
8:00am-9:00am	Essentials of CMS Quality Reporting	Quality Management
8:00am-9:00am	Make Your Infection Preventionist a Full Partner in Your Safety and Quality Programs	Delivery of Patient Care
8:00am-9:00am	Managing Your Top Revenue Cycle Metrics	Financial
8:00am-9:00am	Master the Employee Overtime Rules	Human Resources
8:00am-9:00am	Proactive Strategies for Managing Risk	Regulatory and Legal Issues
8:00am-9:00am	Real-World Solutions for Managing Complaints	Quality Management
9:10am-10:10am	Boost Quality, Efficiency and Cost Savings with Clinical Benchmarking	Quality Management
9:10am-10:10am	Negotiate Better Managed Care Contracts	Financial
9:10am-10:10am	Outpatient Robotics: A Discussion of Financial Feasibility and Implementation	Delivery of Patient Care
9:10am-10:10am	Prevent Cyber Crime in Your ASC	Regulatory and Legal Issues
9:10am-10:10am	Use Medicare’s ASC Infection Control Surveyor Worksheet to Improve Compliance and Patient Care	Delivery of Patient Care
9:10am-10:10am	Your Volume Leader Is Leaving—Strategies for Surviving and Thriving	Human Resources
11:15am-12:15pm	Are Cardiac Procedures in Your Future?	Delivery of Patient Care
11:15am-12:15pm	Does Your ASC Have a Backbone? Bringing Spine into Your ASC	Delivery of Patient Care
11:15am-12:15pm	Is Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty Right for Your ASC?	Delivery of Patient Care
11:15am-12:15pm	Starting an Outpatient Total Joint Program	Delivery of Patient Care
11:15am-12:15pm	Tips and Techniques for Infection Control Training	Delivery of Patient Care
11:15am-12:15pm	Vitreoretinal Surgery and Your ASC	Delivery of Patient Care
2:20pm-3:50pm	2018 Federal Regulatory Policy: What You Need to Know	Regulatory and Legal Issues
2:20pm-3:50pm	How to Prepare for a Survey and Submit a Plan of Correction	Regulatory and Legal Issues
2:20pm-3:50pm	How-to Guide for Infection Control Risk Assessment	Delivery of Patient Care
2:20pm-3:50pm	“It’s Complicated:” Making a Joint Venture Work	Financial
2:20pm-3:50pm	Leadership 301: Exploring New Challenges	Human Resources
2:20pm-3:50pm	OSHA Resources for ASCs	Regulatory and Legal Issues

Friday, April 13

Time	Title	AEU Content Area
8:00am-9:00am	An All-Hazards Approach to CMS Emergency Preparedness	Regulatory and Legal Issues
8:00am-9:00am	Benchmarking KPIs for Financial Health	Financial
8:00am-9:00am	Learning from Near-Misses and Mistakes	Quality Management
8:00am-9:00am	Managing Disruptive Physician Behavior	Human Resources
8:00am-9:00am	Regional Block Program Development A–Z	Delivery of Patient Care
8:00am-9:00am	Sterilization and Reprocessing of Ophthalmic Instruments	Delivery of Patient Care
11:15am-12:15pm	Anesthesia's Role in Infection Control	Delivery of Patient Care
11:15am-12:15pm	Ensuring Leadership Continuity in the Changing Workforce	Human Resources
11:15am-12:15pm	Optimize Financial Operations at Your ASC	Financial
11:15am-12:15pm	Risk and the Dissatisfied Patient	Financial
11:15am-12:15pm	Strategic Planning for Future Success	Financial
11:15am-12:15pm	What You Need to Know Now about the OAS CAHPS Survey	Quality Management
2:00pm-3:30pm	Applying NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, to Your ASC	Regulatory and Legal Issues
2:00pm-3:30pm	ASC Cyber Security Guidance from the Front Lines	Regulatory and Legal Issues
2:00pm-3:30pm	Develop an Education and Competency Program for Endoscope Reprocessors	Delivery of Patient Care
2:00pm-3:30pm	EPA and DEA Drug Disposal Update	Regulatory and Legal Issues
2:00pm-3:30pm	How to Write Your Next QAPI Study	Quality Management
2:00pm-3:30pm	Introduction to ASC Finance and Accounting	Financial
3:45pm-5:15pm	Aligning Your Policies and Procedures with Medicare’s Regulations and Accreditation Standards	Regulatory and Legal Issues
3:45pm-5:15pm	Best Practices in Surgical Instrument Reprocessing	Delivery of Patient Care
3:45pm-5:15pm	Bring TEAMSTEPPS into Your ASC	Quality Management
3:45pm-5:15pm	Can Bundled Payments Work in Your ASC?	Financial
3:45pm-5:15pm	Crossing the Generational Divide	Human Resources
3:45pm-5:15pm	Finance 201: Decision-Making Strategies that Improve Your Bottom Line	Financial

Saturday, April 14

Time	Title	AEU Content Area
8:00am-9:30am	ASC Risk Areas Under the False Claims Act	Regulatory and Legal Issues
8:00am-9:30am	OSHA Resources for ASCs	Regulatory and Legal Issues
8:00am-9:30am	Which Patients Are Right for Your ASC?	Delivery of Patient Care
9:40am-11:10am	An Administrator’s Guide to Fair Market Value	Financial
9:40am-11:10am	Eliminate Common Survey Deficiencies	Regulatory and Legal Issues
9:40am-11:10am	Employee Complaint Management Strategies that Keep You Out of Court	Human Resources

ASCA 2018
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