ASCA

The good news for patients in need of outpatient surgery is that, across the country, health care providers and policymakers have recognized that elective surgery is not the same thing as optional surgery and are allowing ASCs to remain open to provide this care.

As we did in 2020, ASCA will remain committed to being a timely and reliable resource on COVID-19.

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...