THE ASCA JOURNAL JANUARY 2017


12 MANAGING DRUG SHORTAGES


As FDA requirements changed, manufacturing costs escalated, production decreased and needs increased


DEPARTMENTS 6 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO


8 ASCA 2017 Communicate more effectively in a multi-generational workforce


9 AS I SEE IT The value proposition for ASCs


19 CODING An audit survival guide


21 REGULATORY REVIEW Massachusetts proposes DoN


23 ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT State legislation trends for 2017


24 ASCA NEWS Still time to register for ASCA’s Winter Seminars


25 WEB CRAWL


ASCA Benchmarking Q4 survey ends January 31


15 CHANGING HOSPITAL MODEL AND ITS IMPACT ON ASCs The numbers of community hospitals and ASCs are going in different directions


26 REVERSING THE NATIONAL TREND OF OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSES What ASCs can do


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