Find out how to manage a successful credentialing program from Cindy Young, administrative director of the Surgery Center
of Farmington LLC
in Farmington, Missouri, or how to conduct competency testing from James Stobinski, RN, director of credentialing and education at Competency & Credentialing Institute in Denver, Colorado. Other sessions will focus on developing compliance plans, protecting your ASC from fraud and abuse, managing protected health information and surveyors’ most common concerns related to instrument reprocessing. Learn more about quality im-
provement during “Creating Quality Improvement Studies,” presented by Alsie Fitzgerald, RN, CASC, of Alsie Fitzgerald Consulting in Urbandale, Iowa; “Managing the CMS Qual- ity Assurance and Performance Im- provement Program” by Jan Allison, RN, director of accreditation and sur- vey readiness at Surgical Care Affili- ates headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama; and “Sentinel Events” by Beverly Ann Kirchner, RN, CASC, president of Genesee Associates Inc. in Highland Village, Texas. If you are interested in insurance
contracting and collections, listen to Angela Talton, senior vice president of coding and compliance at National Medical Billing Services (NMBS) in Grover, Missouri, describe “How to Optimize ICD-10” or
Angie
Blankenship, RN, CASC, administrator at Longmont Surgery Center in Longmont, Colorado, discuss upfront collections. You can also hear Rebecca Overton, director of revenue cycle management at Surgical Management Professionals LLC in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, talk about best practices in managed care contracting and NMBS President Lisa Rock and Senior Vice President of Operations Lindsay Miller as they walk through everything involved in filing a claim, from submission to reimbursement, and
Visit Nashville
Nashville is a vibrant center of commerce and art with people from many origins. Also known as Music City, Nashville offers a mix of American music and Southern hospitality. Visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the historic RCA Studio B (“The Home of 1,000 Hits”) and the full-scale reproduction of the ancient Parthenon in Athens, Greece.
Plan now to extend your stay in Music City, and take advantage of the many music venues throughout the city that offer world-class live performances seven days a week.
Photos left to right: Nashville skyline; The Parthenon in Nashville; Schermerhorn Symphony Center
discuss ways to avoid common pitfalls associated with that process. Sessions that can help you improve patient safety in your ASC will in- clude managing a patient who expe- riences malignant hyperthermia, new developments in pain management, instilling a culture of safety in your ASC, caring for obese patients and patients with sleep apnea, recent ad- vances in anesthesia, laser safety for RNs, patient positioning and work- ing effectively with a compounding pharmacy. Lorrie Calabrese, clini- cal educator at STERIS Corporation, headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, will also present a survival guide to sterile processing. Finally, if you are planning for
the future, you won’t want to miss the presentations by ASC government affairs specialists who will highlight current public policy initiatives and what they could mean for your ASC. Other sessions will focus on the op- portunities and threats that health
care reform and accountable care or- ganizations (ACO) present to ASCs, hospital/physician relationships, joint ventures and a surgeon’s perspective on ASC advocacy and the role of ASCA’s political action committee (ASCAPAC).
Professional Development Professional development opportunities at ASCA 2014 will include the Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC) Review course, a chance to take the CASC exam, a special session dedi- cated to what every new administrator should know and multiple networking opportunities. Attendees who work in single-specialty ASCs, or have a partic- ular interest in a specific specialty area, will have a chance to connect during special interactive sessions scheduled early in the program. For more information about ASCA 2014, go to
www.ascassociation.org/ ASCA2014/Home
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