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On December 15, 2025, CMS will start a five-year prior authorization demonstration for certain services provided in ambulatory surgical centers in California, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Georgia, and New York. The service categories targeted by the demonstration are blepharoplasty, botulinum toxin injections, panniculectomy, rhinoplasty, and vein ablation procedures.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (09/03/25)
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Improve your ASC’s financial performance with ASCA’s Financial Strategies for ASCs virtual course. The first half of this new course, Part I: Finance 101, is now available on demand. The course will provide key financial insights, covering topics like balance sheets, income statements, expense management, Medicare reimbursement and budgeting. The second half, Part II: Finance 201, will be available later this month. This course—along with ASCA’s entire suite of virtual education—is included in 2025 ASCA membership and also available for purchase by nonmembers. Don’t miss out—register now! |
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ASCA Content (09/09/25)
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Procision's AI Voice for Pre-Op CallsPre-operative calls are essential for patient safety and surgical readiness — but they place a heavy burden on clinical staff. Procision’s new AI Voice Assistant offers a smarter, scalable way to handle these calls while maintaining a personal, voice-first experience for patients.Click here for full article and more details.
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Multiple health groups and medical associations called on U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to step down in a joint statement on Wednesday, saying he was disregarding decades of lifesaving science and reversing medical progress. The statement, signed by more than 20 groups, comes after multiple former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under both Republican and Democratic presidents have said that Kennedy's decisions - culminating in last week's firing of the CDC's director - are putting Americans' health at risk.
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Reuters (09/04/25) Kanishka Singh
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Full OR schedule, but charts still missing signatures? Get 100% chart completion thanks to status indicators & the ability to simultaneously edit charts on any device. Book a demo and see how.
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Register for ASCA’s next webinar, “ Common Life Safety Code & Physical Environment Deficiencies in ASCs,” to learn the importance of and rationale behind Life Safety Code requirements and how to prevent deficiencies before they happen or correct them if they do. This program will shine a light on common Life Safety Code and physical environment deficiencies so your ASC can avoid these “low hanging fruit” survey findings. This webinar is next Tuesday, September 16, at 1:00 pm ET, and is included in ASCA’s 2025 Webinar All-Access Pass and 2025 ASCA membership. |
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ASCA Content (09/09/25)
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Expertise for every phase of the journey
Your ASC should reflect your vision—innovative, efficient and built for success. We provide deep expertise during every phase – planning, execution and beyond – to help ensure there aren’t any missteps during the journey. Request a copy of Stryker’s ASC New Build Playbook today.
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A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against Johnson & Johnson’s Biosense Webster medical device unit, barring the company from blocking hospitals’ access to lower-cost, FDA-regulated reprocessed cardiac catheters. The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Selna in California follows a jury verdict that found Biosense Webster had engaged in unlawful, anti-competitive conduct and ordered it to pay $147 million in damages to Innovative Health LLC.
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Medical Economics (08/28/25) Todd Shryock
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Join the next Regulatory Series session to find out how ASCA is being proactive with legislation that will ensure the sustainability of the ASC community as well as the threats we must fight with our advocacy efforts. This session is available exclusively to ASCA members and registration is required. It is scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, at 1:00 pm ET, and will be available on demand afterward. Continuing education is not provided. |
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ASCA Content (09/09/25)
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Regent Surgical, an ASC management and development company, recently announced its first partnership in the pediatric space, according to a release. The company is partnering with Patches Kids Care to jointly develop and operate outpatient pediatric surgery centers, beginning with its flagship location in Houston.
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ASC Focus (09/05/25)
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On July 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the 2026 proposed payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments. ASCA will once again submit comments raising industry-wide concerns, but it is important that CMS hears from individual centers as well. The last day to submit comments online is next Monday, September 15. |
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ASCA Content (09/09/25)
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Colorado’s statewide ban on physician noncompete agreements took effect last month, but that’s cold comfort for Amy Glaser-Carpenter, DO. The primary care physician left the state in 2017 because she was unhappy working at San Luis Valley Health, Alamosa, Colorado. Glaser-Carpenter, who loves the outdoors, wanted to hang her own shingle so she could remain in the valley, surrounded by its sand dunes and mountains.
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Medscape (09/02/25) Sarah Boden
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The rise of outpatient surgeries, remote monitoring, and patient-submitted wound images via online portals has contributed to a growing administrative workload on clinicians. Early identification of surgical site infection is essential for reducing postoperative morbidity.
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Annals of Surgery (09/01/25) Vol. 282, No. 3, P. 419 Hala Muaddi; Ashok Choudhary; Frank Lee; et al.
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Anesthesia staffing remains one of the most pressing challenges in outpatient care—affecting patient and surgeon scheduling and, consequently, their satisfaction. Be part of the conversation that could change how anesthesia is delivered in ASCs. Join this exclusive focus group hosted by SedAssure for real peer insight and the opportunity to influence a national conversation that may help shape policy, innovation and vendor development on anesthesia staffing for years to come. This virtual focus group is sponsored by SedAssure. |
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ASCA Content (09/09/25)
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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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