ASCA

Three important studies released recently contain findings that everyone interested in improving patient access to lower cost, high-quality outpatient surgical care should know.

By Bill Prentice By the time you read this message, coronavirus-related guidance of many kinds will have been in place in communities across the country for more than half the year. For patients who could not get routine or non-emergency health care under some of that...

By Bill Prentice From early March through the end of April, it seemed that almost everyone I talked to used the word “coronavirus” or “COVID-19” at some point in our conversation. ASCA staff worked seven days a week during that time, conferring with federal and state...

By Bill Prentice As I write this message, COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are continuing to rise and health care providers, federal and state officials and private citizens across the country are beginning to come to grips with the magnitude of the response needed to...

By Bill Prentice As part of our ongoing commitment to putting patients first, ASCA and ASCs across the country are involved in a wide range of projects aimed at improving the patient experience in ASCs. One hot-button topic we have turned new attention to recently is...

On February 12, 1970, in Phoenix, Arizona, five physicians performed the first surgeries ever provided inside a freestanding ASC. This year, thanks to everyone in the ASC that day and to the legions of health professionals and others who have helped make the ASC model a success, ASCA is proudly celebrating 50 years of ASCs.