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tiated by Terry Bohlke, ASCA Board president, Kulczycki says. “In the past six months or so, as I talked to ASCs, I raised the topic of future development of this product and received a lot of interest. United Sur- gical Partners International (USPI) has an initiative in this and has 30–40 surgical hospitals and ASCs engaged in this area.” Between both the hospital and ASC
programs, The Joint Commission is expecting 50 organizations to be certi- fied in the first year, Roberts says. “It would take about 4–6 months after the application to get certification.” The certification would add value
to an ASC, Kulczycki says. “Orthope- dic surgeons and/or PCPs [primary care physician] who have to refer the surgery have the choice to recommend a hospi- tal or an ASC,” he says. “This certifica-
Orthopedic surgeons and/or PCPs who have to refer the surgery have the choice to recommend a hospital or an ASC. This certification would make an ASC more suitable in their eyes. It would create a center of excellence for an ASC.”
—Michael Kulczycki, The Joint Commission
tion would make an ASC more suitable in their eyes. It would create a center of excellence for an ASC.” To a payer, as well, this certifica-
tion would make the ASC a more via- ble place for surgery, he says. “We will work with the payers vigorously to reimburse ASCs with this certifi- cation. The certification will improve an ASC’s ability to be successful in the new value-based reimbursement model that CMS is requiring.”
This is a great opportunity for
ASCs, Roberts says. “I was amazed to hear the number of ASCs that are doing this procedure and for the number of years that they’ve been doing this. This certification will fill a huge need for the ASC community.”
For more information, go to
www.joint
commission.org/certification/adv_cert_ total_hip_total_knee_replacement.aspx.
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