THE ASCA JOURNAL MARCH 2016


12 LOWERING THE COST OF HEALTH CARE


New payment models promote cost-effective sites of service and patient choice


DEPARTMENTS 6 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO


9 ASCA 2016 Creating a high-performance workplace


10 AS I SEE IT How to train and mentor your star employees into management roles


18 TECHNOLOGY Bundled payment and stable orthopedic technology


20 REGULATORY REVIEW Data, changes to regulations needed to expand ASC-payable list


22 ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT Fighting colorectal cancer


24 ASCA NEWS Attend this month’s ASCA webinar


25 WEB CRAWL Help Support Partners in Health


FEATURES


16 LETTING GO Sound strategies for employee termination


26 MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDIES Follow these six easy steps


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