ASCA NEWS


Attend This Month’s ASCA Webinar ASCA will host one webinar this month: “Managing the Fundamentals of Competencies,” on March 22 at 1:00 p.m. ET. Ann Geier, RN, CASC, chief nurs- ing officer at SourceMedical, will dis- cuss effective processes for validating staff competency upon hire and annu- ally thereafter. She will provide the resources needed to support these pro- grams, explain how surveyors expect ASCs to manage this process and talk about how to avoid citations in this critical operational area. Register online at www.asc association.org/Webinars. All webi- nars will be recorded and available for purchase on ASCA’s Learning Center, www.asca.sclivelearningcenter.com. Nursing contact hours and AEU credits will be available, and multiple members of your staff can participate using the same online connection. Participate in the live broadcast to ask questions real-time.


Register Now for ASCA 2016 Registration is open for ASCA 2016, Thursday to Sunday, May 19–22, at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. Visit www. ascassociation.org/ASCA2016 to reg- ister or find out more about this year’s event. A complete schedule, including session topics and speakers, is available online along with hotel and travel information. Details on ASCA 2016’s improved wellness program are available on that site as well. On track to be the largest and most comprehensive industry event of the year, ASCA’s annual meeting this year will offer more than 60 educational sessions to help you strategically position your ASC for success, reduce liability risks and improve your clinical efficiency and patient care. Join ASCA and your peers from the ASC community for an unparalleled opportunity to learn, exchange best practices and discuss


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less than $3.00 per continuing educa- tion (CE) credit, ASCs can ensure that they are meeting training requirements in critical operational areas like med- ication management, infection pre- vention, compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabil- ity Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and domestic abuse assessment. The series helps ASCs orient new


staff, meet regulatory and accredita- tion standards,


Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, Texas


marketplace trends that could have immediate and long-term implications for your ASC. Registration discounts are avail-


able through April 1. ASCA facil- ity members who send more than one employee can enjoy additional savings. Book your hotel reservation online by clicking on the Hotel & Travel page of the ASCA 2016 web site.


Get CE Credits for Under $3.00 Each ASCA’s Online Regulatory Training Series includes 21 courses that are designed specifically for ASCs and can be used to train staff on the latest regulations and standards of care. For


Names in the News


Do you have a new hire? Did your company win an award? Or did your management change? You can highlight all your company announcements in the Names in the News section of ASCA’s web site. This resource is available for free to both ASCA members and nonmembers.


ASCA members will need to be logged in and nonmembers will need to create a “Nonmember Guest Account” to access this free resource.


Please send your announcement to editorial@ascassociation.org.


assess competency,


engage all team members in improv- ing an ASC’s quality of care and achieve top outcomes in clinical and business operations. Visit www.ascassociation.org/


TrainingSeries or call 800.933.9293 to purchase the ASCA Regulatory Train- ing Series or schedule a demonstration. The courses accommodate various learning styles and feature easy navi- gation between and within modules. Sixteen of the interactive courses pro- vide CE credit.


2016 ASC Reporting Requirements Now in Effect Medicare-certified ASCs are required to report 11 quality measures this year for Medicare’s ASC Quality Reporting Program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported last year that more than 95 percent of Medicare-certified ASCs met the 2015 reporting requirements and received the full annual payment for 2016. To help continue this trend of ASCs com- plying and avoiding payment penalties, ASCA developed a free quality report- ing resource that identifies the dead- lines and reporting mechanisms asso- ciated with all 10 quality measures that ASCs will need to report this year. Visit ASCA’s Quality Reporting web


page, www.ascassociation.org/Quality Reporting, for additional resources, including the latest specifications man- ual, a quality data G-codes cheat sheet and sample safe surgery checklists.


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