ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT: Celebrate National ASC Month in August

Advocacy Spotlight

Celebrate National ASC Month in August

Host a facility tour and invite your state representative

BY DANIELLE KASTER   |  MAY 2018

Advocacy Spotlight

Left to right; Jessica Miles, RN, Stephanie Dillon, RN, Pam Mabry, RN, US Representative Fred Upton (R-Michigan), Shelby Weaver, RN, administrator and director of nursing, Colette Pointer, RN, operating room manager, Jim Duryee, clinic administrator, and Ron McKey, MD, surgeon and part owner, at the Great Lakes Surgery Center in St. Joseph, Michigan, during the 2017 National ASC Week.

Advocacy Spotlight

Celebrate National ASC Month in August

Host a facility tour and invite your state representative

BY DANIELLE KASTER | MAY 2018

While awareness of the ASC industry has grown, many lawmakers still lack a full understanding of how ASCs positively affect America’s health care industry. Facility tours play a powerful role in educating lawmakers and influencing the legislative process. During the facility visit, policymakers directly observe how their policies affect patients and ASCs.

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