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Andrew Moore, MD, (right), president of Lexington Surgery Center in Lexington, Kentucky, and his brother Woody Moore operate on a patient.


PHOTO COURTESY OF LEXINGTON SURGERY CENTER The Gift of Giving


ASCs provide charitable care to patients in need. BY SAHELY MUKERJI


“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” —John Bunyan, 17th century English author and preacher


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ocally, nationally and internation- ally, ASCs and ASC professionals from across the country sponsor and participate in different kinds of pro- grams to deliver free and reduced cost surgical care and other health services to patients in need. “It is important to remember that


when ASCs and ASC professionals pro- vide charitable care, they are expending their own personal resources to cover the costs of that care because they are not eligible for the many federal subsi- dies and tax incentives nonprofit hospi-


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At ASCA, we know that these few stories about the many ways that ASCs provide charitable care and contribute


free health services


in their local communities and abroad are just the tip of the ice- berg. Please take a moment to send us an email or give us a call to tell us about the voluntary services that your ASC provides. Share your story by contacting Sahely Mukerji at smukerji@ascassociation.org or 703.836.8008 x117.


tals and others receive to provide that care,” says ASCA Chief Executive Of- ficer William Prentice. “The people and the ASCs that are involved in these pro-


grams are truly extraordinary. As small businesses that pay taxes, employ local residents and participate in a diverse mix of community-based events and local business development activities, ASCs are exactly the kind of neighbor you want to encourage to move into your community.” Below are stories from a few ASCs


that provide charity care at home, in their community, and to people abroad. Please go to www.ascassociation.org/ charitycare to read about other ASCs and their physicians who are involved in similar activities.


Lexington Surgery Center, Lexington, Kentucky Andrew Moore, MD, president of the medical staff at the ASC, started Sur- gery on Sunday back in 2005, says Lau- ra Ebert, executive director of Surgery on Sunday, a nonprofit organization that provides free surgery to income-


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