ASCA NEWS
BY JOE HORNIG Time Is Running Out to Save on ASCA 2013 The early registration deadline for ASCA 2013, April 17–20 in Boston, is fast approaching. Register by March 2 to save $100 or more. ASCA facility members who send more than one employee can enjoy ad- ditional savings. To receive the multi-at- tendee discounts, all registrations must be received at the same time, received from the same address and covered un- der one payment. When registering on- line, use the “Register Group” option. For more information, visit
www.asc
association.org/ASCA2013/Registration. Book Your Hotel Room. If you
haven’t already booked your hotel room, make sure to make those ar- rangements now.
Discounted room rates for ASCA 2013 attendees are available through March 13 at the Sheraton Boston Ho- tel and through March 24 at the Hilton Boston Back Bay, Boston Marriott Co- pley and Westin Copley Place hotels. This year, ASCA has partnered with ConferenceDirect to provide a housing bureau to assist you in mak-
Rowes Wharf in Boston, the city that will host ASCA 2013, April 17–20.
ing hotel reservations. The housing bureau will be officially shut off on March 25. If you still haven’t made your reservation by March 25, allow the hotels a few days to enter all of the reservations that they have re- ceived by that date into their systems and call on or after March 28 to make
Register for the CMS Quality Net Web Site during March
Between July 1 and August 15, 2013, ASCs will be required to go to the CMS QualityNet web site to report their total surgical care volume for selected groups of procedures and whether they used a safe surgery checklist at any time between Janu- ary 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012.
Register for the QualityNet web site at
www.qualitynet.org. ASCA suggests that ASCs begin to register in March because these accounts will be deac- tivated after 120 days of inactivity.
your reservation directly with the ho- tel of your choice. For more information, visit
www.asc
association.org/ASCA2013/HotelTravel.
Attend ASCA’s Webinar about Managing Anesthesia Coverage Register now for ASCA’s one-hour we- binar “Anesthesia in an ASC: Cover- age, Compliance and Controversies,” Tuesday, March 5, at 1:00 pm ET. David Shapiro, MD, will focus on
departmental organization and integra- tion with all aspects of your anesthesia department’s activities, including regu- latory compliance and the provision of high quality patient care. Attendees will review clinical con- siderations pertaining to pre-, intra- and postoperative management and examine real-world approaches to an- esthesia management in the ASC set- ting. Strategies for addressing the re- lated financial, clinical and operational issues that confront your ASC every day will also be covered. Register online at
www.ascassoci-
ation.org/Webinars. ASCA members can register for the entire 2013 Webi- nar Series at once and save an addi- tional 10 percent on the total price.
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