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Input Your Quality Data Correctly

APRIL 2021

The ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program data submission deadline is rapidly approaching on May 17, 2021. Not quite ready to report? Please review our last Digital Debut article to walk you through the registration process.


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ASCQR Deadline Looms Large

APRIL 2021

On a call with ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program support staff last week, ASCA staff learned that 2,000 ASCs still have not registered to report their Medicare quality data and the registration process can take several weeks. The reporting deadline is May 17, 2021.


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Focus on Members

How do you keep staff morale up?

Walter Topp

"Listening and taking action are the key to driving and maintaining staff morale . . ."

—Sandra Oglesby, CASC, The Surgery Center at TGH Brandon Healthplex

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Features

ASC Focus May 2021

Which Patients Can Undergo Your Higher Acuity Procedures?

Develop protocols to guide decisions

Track KPIs to Manage Revenue Cycle Success

Analyze trends over time, make adjustments

Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination

Implications to consider before making the decision


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Departments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Anesthesia and COVID-19

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

Rely on ASCA’s Virtual Education to Help You Navigate 2021

AS I SEE IT

Shifting Dialysis Access Creation to ASCs

DOING BUSINESS

Improve Your Revenue Cycle Performance

FINANCES

Staying Afloat during and after the Pandemic

BILLING

Is Your Billing Team Performing Optimally?

INFECTION PREVENTION

Build an Effective Infection Prevention Program

MEMBER PROFILE

Stanford Plavin, MD

REGULATORY REVIEW

Medicare Payment Policy Advocacy for 2022 and Beyond

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

Rules of Engagement

ASCA NEWS

Still Time to Register for ASCA 2021

WEB CRAWL

ASCA Updates SRE Resource


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Business News

Regent Surgical Health Partners With Ascension Capital

MARCH 2021

Regent Surgical Health, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and Nashville, Tennessee, will be the exclusive national partner for ASC development for Ascension Capital, a nonprofit and Catholic health system, according to a March 4 press release.



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Names in the News

The Joint Commission Returns to Unannounced Onsite Surveys

MARCH 2021

Over the last nine months, The Joint Commission of Oakbook Terrace, Illinois, delayed its traditional onsite survey activity due to the restrictions and strain on the healthcare system caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a March 10 press release.



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