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newsletters. “In Oregon, we are doing total joint procedures and we high- lighted one facility that performed 100 procedures in 2015,” Skagen says. The state associations also help
facilitate networking opportunities in the local area, he says. “The brain trust really lies with the administrators,” Skagen says. “Many times a nearby facility might experience a different set of challenges and discuss them at our administrator powwows to find the optimum business opportunity in that facility.” NJAASC hosts quarterly meet- ings that are wonderful opportunities to network with other ASCs and ven- dors, Weiss says. “These meetings are great educational opportunities for our members because we have national speakers and speakers that come from state agencies,” he says. “We offer
on health regulations, emergency pre- paredness and disaster preparedness and help our members be good citizens and great public service operations.” State associations also can help their
a lot of resources for free, resources that the state might not have money to promote, such as on the safe injec- tions practices guidelines of the Cen- ters for Disease Control and Preven- tion (CDC). We bring officials from the state department to meet with our members. We also provide resources
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member ASCs find optimum facility services. “Through our vendor mem- bers we connect our member ASCs to service providers that are local to our area and specific to our industry,” Weiss says. “If you use contractors/vendors that are not health care/ASC specific, you’re going to go down.” The association does not promote/ endorse products or services but it offers resources and contacts. “I can find out who does what quality of work by just picking up the phone and ask- ing,” he says. “It is very valuable feed- back.” For instance, if an ASC wants to make some alterations and wants to make sure that it meets the current
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