Affiliate Focus Groups

As a Winter Seminar attendee, you are invited to participate in one of two Affiliate-led Focus Groups & Lunches. This is your opportunity to help ASCA Affiliates shape their product/service offerings during a targeted discussion over lunch.

For consideration, please complete the Focus Group Registration Form. Participation is limited to seminar attendees and advance registration is required.

Friday, January 17: 12:00pm – 12:45pm

Getting the Most for your ASC through Technology by HSTpathways

Room/Restaurant: Poydras

Description:
How to improve your cash flow and earn a healthier bottom line by embracing today’s technology. A discussion on when, where and what technology to implement.

How Documentation Impacts Your ASC's Financial Health by Nuance Healthcare

Room/Restaurant: Acadian

Description:
Surgery centers need to improve revenue cycle operations, including a high degree of focus on improving the IT experience for their surgeons. But how much attention is your organization paying to the quality of their procedural documentation? An efficient revenue cycle can be achieved through more efficient and cost-effective means of creating procedural documentation that’s complete, compliant and contains all the appropriate level of specificity details required to avoid rework.

Affiliate Round Table Discussions

You are also invited to participate in the Affiliate-led Round Table Discussions. This is your opportunity to ask the tough questions, learn new information and help ASCA Affiliates shape their product/service offerings.

Save yourself a seat; complete the Focus Group Registration Form. Participation is limited to seminar attendees and, while not required, advance registration is recommended.

Thursday, January 16: 5:45pm – 6:30pm

HTM in the ASC by Insight HTM

Room: Expo Hall / Le Salon Pre-Function Area

Description:
What’s HTM? What’s an MEMP? Join Certified Healthcare Technology Manager Ray Marden in an uplifting and informative discussion on the topic of medical equipment management strategies for the ASC environment. Regardless of accreditation organization, participants will leave with a sense of what is necessary to ensure patient safety and compliance.

Best Practices in Revenue Cycle Management by National Medical Billing Services

Room: Expo Hall / Le Salon Pre-Function Area

Description:
In today’s increasingly challenging healthcare reimbursement environment, it is incredibly important to ensure that your revenue cycle is efficient, effective and is designed to maximize your revenue by utilizing best practices in areas of process improvement, analytics, coding, billing, contracting, technology, and training of skilled personnel.

ASC Payer Contract Negotiations – The Fundamentals by Pacira BioSciences

Room: Expo Hall / Le Salon Pre-Function Area

Description:
Review the most common payment methodologies and the data needed to develop and build an effective business case that demonstrates the value of your ASC to the payer, which is critical to optimizing success in negotiating reasonable and adequate reimbursement for surgery. Fundamental principles will be applied to EXPAREL (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension) which can also be used for other items such as implants and high-cost disposable supplies.

Positioning Your ASC for Success Under Value Based Care by Surgical Directions

Room: Expo Hall / Le Salon Pre-Function Area

Description:
Staying on top of government policies in the fluid value based care space is a considerable challenge. Join this roundtable to discuss how to stay ahead of the policies while optimizing the financial returns of your surgical center.