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Meet the Board: Dare Underwood Meeks

APRIL 17, 2026

We are running a series of Q&As with ASCA’s Board of Directors to help our members get to know them better. Meet Dare Underwood Meeks, RN, CASC, Board member and chief nursing officer at SCA Health in Birmingham, Alabama.


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Michigan Introduces Facility Fee Restriction Legislation

APRIL 10, 2026

Michigan HB 5770 would disallow, beginning January 1, 2027, healthcare providers, including ASCs, from charging facility fees. Michigan state Representatives Curtis VanderWall (R) and Reggie Miller (D) introduced the bill last month.


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Member Focus

Is your facility billing for non-opioid alternatives? Any words of advice to others?

Beth Russell

“We have recently started billing ...”

—Beth Russell, RN, CASC, Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic

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Features

ASC Focus April 2026

All Eyes on the Nation’s Capital

Are you ready for ASCA + SAMBA 2026?

In or Out?

Pros and cons of in-house anesthesia versus contracted anesthesia

How to Track Top ASC Performance Metrics

Look at data and connect the information


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Departments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

A New Era of Collaboration: ASCA + SAMBA 2026 in Washington, DC

ASCA + SAMBA 2026

Working in the Gray Area

AS I SEE IT

Managing the Anesthesia Crisis

REGULATORY REVIEW

Analyzing the NOPAIN Act

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

Advocating for Patients in a Divided Congress

MEMBER PROFILE

Nyleen Flores, CASC

ASCA NEWS

Still Time to Register for ASCA + SAMBA 2026

WEB CRAWL

Watch New Accrediting Organization Virtual Course


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Names in the News

Compass Surgical Forms Partnership to Operate Florida ASC

MARCH 20, 2026

Compass Surgical Partners, Baptist Health and Coastal Health partnered with area physicians to operate Middleburg Surgery Center in Jacksonville, Florida, according to a release.


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