THE ASCA JOURNAL FEBRUARY 2020


10 CHOOSE MEANINGFUL QAPI TOPICS


Leverage your findings and re-evaluate


DEPARTMENTS 6 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO


8 ASCA 2020 What should your QAPI topic be?


15 CODING Do your due diligence before adding TKA to your case mix


FEATURES


13 OVERCOME THE TOP CODING CHALLENGES Educate, perform audits and ask questions


18 REGULATORY REVIEW ASCA advocacy bears fruit in 2020 payment rules


22 ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT Ann Shimek talks about her new role as executive director of the ASC Quality Collaboration


24 ASCA NEWS Register now to save on ASCA 2020


25 WEB CRAWL ASCA redesigns Member Kit


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26 USE QUALITY METRICS TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS Share patient satisfaction ratings, hospital transfer data and other quantifiable measures


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