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Opportunities and challenges facing the ASC industry

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ASC Focus January 2020

What's in Store this Year?

Opportunities and challenges facing the ASC industry

Cardiology Moves into the ASC Setting

The time is ripe for surgery centers to do more heart procedures

Malignant Hyperthermia Preparation for ASCs

Help is available on the MHAUS website

Managing the Patient Experience

Plan for all facets of the encounter, including family members’ experiences


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Departments

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Let’s Celebrate 50 Years of Clinical Excellence With More Success

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

Are You on Top of Your Emergency Preparedness Plan?

AS I SEE IT

Improve the Patient Experience

DOING BUSINESS

The National Practitioner Data Bank and Your ASC

TECHNOLOGY

Enhance Cybersecurity in Your ASC

REGULATORY REVIEW

CMS Makes Significant Changes to ASC Conditions for Coverage

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT

Use Research to Drive ASC Advocacy

ASCA NEWS

Last Chance to Register for the ASCA 2020 Winter Seminar

WEB CRAWL

Purchase ASCA’s 2020 Webinar All-Access Pass


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Digital Debut

HIPAA Biannual Update

BY ALEX TAIRA | JANUARY 2020

Since ASCA’s last update in July, healthcare organizations across the country posted 241 breaches of protected health information (PHI) affecting 500 or more individuals. This is the highest number of breaches reported in a six-month span in the past three years and exceeds the number of breaches in the first half of 2019 by more than 12 percent.


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Looking Ahead at 2020 Legislative Sessions

BY STEPHEN ABRESCH | JANUARY 2020

Now that the holiday season has wrapped up and 2019 has come to a close, states are preparing to convene their 2020 legislative sessions. Forty-six states will hold a legislative session this year, with Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Texas not meeting in 2020.


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Focus on Members

What are the top three priorities of your ASC this new year?

Michael Patterson

"1. Retain and recruit highly qualified and skilled team members. . . ."

—Michael J. Patterson, Mississippi Valley Health


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Names in the News

 

Share Your ASC's Story

Do you have a new hire? Did your ASC win an award? Or did your management change? You can highlight all your company announcements in the Names in the News section of ASCA’s web site. This resource is available for free to both ASCA members and nonmembers. ASCA members will need to be logged in and nonmembers will need to create a “Nonmember Guest Account” to access this free resource.

Please send your announcement to editorial@ascassociation.org.