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how quickly a decision made in one state can be replicated in states across the country. Issues we expect to re- emerge this year include provider taxes, staff certification requirements, and workers’ compensation and Medicaid fee schedule reductions.


Get Involved To help state association leaders and other ASC leaders, ASCA’s State Affairs Committee hosts an annual gathering for state leaders and state advocates to learn from and network with one another. The State Affairs Committee will continue this tradition in 2018 with its State Lead- ers’ Workshop, a smaller, more focused discussion session than in recent years. Topics this year will be association gov- ernance, association finance and advo- cacy engagement. This year’s State Leaders’ Work- shop will be held from noon to 3:00 pm, Wednesday, April 11, in conjunction with ASCA’s annual meeting in Bos- ton, Massachusetts.


“If you are a leader or board execu-


If you are a leader or board executive of a state association, you really need to attend the State Leaders’ Workshop at ASCA 2018.”


— Randy Leffler, ASCA State Affairs Committee and Ohio Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers


granted the state medical board the ability to determine which procedures ASCs could perform. NVSCA hosted its first regulatory and legislative mem- bership meeting in 2018. ASCA worked with the Illinois


ASC association to combat a very chal- lenging piece of legislation that would have tied Illinois workers’ compensa- tion rates to Medicare. While helping to rebuild the Illinois Ambulatory Sur- gery Center Association, ASCA pro- vided guidance to the new association management company on governance, advocacy and meeting planning.


ASCA also worked with the Mas- sachusetts Ambulatory Association of Surgery Centers (MAASC) on a reg- ulatory issue regarding certificate of need (CON). Proposed regulations reformed the CON process in Mas- sachusetts to remove a moratorium on ASC development. ASCA and MAASC provided comments that sup- ported that proposal and helped secure an amendment to the ASC regulation that removed the moratorium. When it comes to state health pol-


icy, ASCs need to remain vigilant because it is easy to underestimate


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tive of a state association, you really need to attend the State Leaders’ Workshop at ASCA 2018,” says Randy Leffler, chair of ASCA’s State Affairs Committee and executive director of the Ohio Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers. “Not only will you receive valuable information on how to make your association more suc- cessful, but you will also meet col- leagues from other states who can help you address any questions or concerns you might have as a state ASC associa- tion leader. The wealth of information in the room and around your table at this event is immeasurable.”


For more information on ASCA’s state affairs pro gram and the State Leaders Conference, write Ali Legros at alegros@ascassociation.org For information on ASCA’s federal Af- fairs activities, write Jeff Evans at jevans@ascassociation.org.


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