By William Prentice With 2017 quickly receding in our rearview mirror, it’s time to take stock of the ways that health care policy decisions made in 2017 will affect individual ASCs and the ASC community in 2018. It is also a good time to look at what new developments...
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ASCA Comments on Medicare’s 2018 Proposed ASC Payment Rule
by OR Today Magazine | Nov 1, 2017
ASCA submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Medicare’s proposed 2018 ASC payment rule.
READ MOREASCs Move Forward in 2017
by OR Today Magazine | Sep 1, 2017
By William Prentice, ASCA Chief Executive Officer As we head into the final months of 2017, ASCA and members of the ASC community have already covered a lot of ground this year when it comes to the work we need to do to reach key decision makers who can help...
READ MOREProtect Patient Access and Reduce the Cost of Care: Bipartisan Support for ASC Payment Reform
by OR Today Magazine | Jun 1, 2017
Late in 2016, as part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the U.S. Congress approved two pieces of legislation that are important to ASCs and ASC physicians. The first exempts ASC patient encounters from counting toward physicians’ meaningful use quotas, and the second...
READ MOREAn ASC Wish List
by OR Today Magazine | Apr 1, 2017
With change comes opportunity, so at ASCA, we’ve put together a short ASC Wish List for the new Administration.
READ MOREPlan Now to be Part of ASCA 2017 This May
by OR Today Magazine | Jan 18, 2017
By William Prentice, ASCA Chief Executive Officer If you work in or with an ASC, I encourage you to make plans now to join ASCA May 3-6, 2017, for our next annual meeting – ASCA 2017. We will be convening at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at...
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