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THE ASCA JOURNAL FEBRUARY 2017


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CAPITOL HILL Sign up for National Advocacy Day when you register for ASCA 2017


Left to right, Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) with Susan Cheek, CASC, administrator of Dallas Endoscopy Center, and Rick Cheek, retired law enforcement, DEA Task Force agent, at the June 2016 Capitol Fly-In in Washington, DC.


DEPARTMENTS 6 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO


8 ASCA 2017 Compare your facility’s metrics to other ASCs


FEATURES


12 BENCHMARKING BENEFITS Gauge the health of your ASC’s revenue cycle


14 IN THE PIPELINE ASCA’s 2017 advocacy agenda


16 ASCA LOBBIES FOR YOUR ASC Meet the Government Affairs Team


20 REGULATORY REVIEW Analysis of Medicare’s 2017 Final ASC Payment Rule


22 ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT Key congressional committees for ASCs


23 ASCA NEWS 2017 Salary Survey Opens February 1


24 WEB CRAWL Renew your ASCA membership


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Chief Executive Officer: Bill Prentice; Director of Communications: Kay Tucker; Writer–Editor: Sahely Mukerji; Staff Writers: Kara Newbury, Katy Hurtz and Rob Kurtz. Advertising inquiries should be addressed to Chris Schriever at 202.337.1897. Vol. 10, No. 2 | ISSN 1944-7280


18 ACHIEVING AND SUSTAINING A CULTURE OF PATIENT-CENTRIC CARE Government support continues to grow


25 ASCAPAC THANKS ITS SUPPORTERS These contributions ensure that the ASC message is heard in Congress


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