ASCA NEWS
Register for ASCA’s Medical Director Leadership Seminar Plan now to attend ASCA’s Medical Director Leadership Seminar, May 16–17, 2015, in Orlando. This new seminar will target the unique interests and needs of medical directors and other physician leaders in the ASC setting. Register online and view the detailed schedule at
www.ascassociation.org/ 2015MedicalDirectors. The seminar will address key deci- sion-making strategies related to cur- rent and emerging practices and tech- nology and explore best practices in long-term business planning and man- agement. Continuing medical educa- tion (CME) credits will be awarded for this meeting but will not be offered at ASCA’s annual meeting, May 13–16, 2015, at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
The Medical Director Leadership
Seminar will take place at the Ritz- Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes. ASCA members can register for a discount and enjoy additional savings by sending more than one attendee.
Attend March Webinars ASCA will offer two webinars this month, “Zero-Stress CMS/Life Safety Code Surveys” on Tuesday, March 10, and “Your Policy and Procedure Manual, One Chapter at a Time” on Tuesday, March 24. Both webinars begin at 1:00 p.m. ET. William E. Lindeman, president of WEL Designs PLC in Tucson, Arizona, will present the first webinar. He will identify and explore the physical environment compliance issues that could turn a survey summation into a nightmare. He will explain the fundamentals of what is required for a Life Safety Code survey and how to effectively orchestrate ongoing compliance of electrical systems, piped medical gases and fire alarms.
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The second webinar will cover the importance of reviewing your ASC’s Policy and Procedures (P&P) manual. Marcy Sasso, CASC, of Sasso Consulting LLC in Madison, New Jersey, will go over specific guidelines and tips to help attendees ensure that their ASC’s P&P manual complies with the latest regulations and is reviewed and recorded properly in the minutes of their ASC’s governing body. Register online at
www.asc
association.org/Webinars. The webinars offer continuing education credit for nurses (CE) and administrators (AEU), and ASCA members can register for the entire 2015 webinar series at once and save an additional 10 percent on the total price.
Earn CE Credit with New Regulatory Training Series Earn continuing education (CE) credit with ASCA’s new Regulatory Train- ing Series. ASCA has partnered with HealthStream to offer a collection of 21 courses that apply specifically to ASCs and are designed to train ASC staff on the most current regulations and standards of care. Sixteen of the interactive courses provide CE credit.
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.
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ASCA members will need to be logged in and nonmembers will need to create a “Nonmember Guest Account” to access this free resource.
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BY JOE HORNIG
The Regulatory Training Series will help orient new staff, assist in meeting regulatory and accreditation standards, assess competency, engage all team members in improving an ASC’s qual- ity of care and achieve top outcomes in clinical and business operations. Visit
www.ascassociation.org/Training
Series or call 800.933.9293 to purchase the ASCA Regulatory Training Series or schedule a demonstration. The courses accommodate various learning styles and feature easy navigation between and within modules.
2015 ASC Quality Reporting Requirements Now in Effect Medicare-certified ASCs are required to report 10 quality measures this year for Medicare’s ASC Quality Reporting Program, including ASC-8: Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel. To help ASCs comply and avoid payment penalties down the line, ASCA has developed a free quality reporting resource that identifies the deadlines and reporting mechanisms associated with all 10 quality measures that ASCs will need to report this year. Access this valuable resource at
www.ascassociation.org/ 2015ReportingRequirements. ASCs are required to collect data
on ASC-8 through March 31, 2015, and report the data to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). If you have questions about enrolling in NHSN (a process that can take several weeks) data collection or reporting on ASC-8, read ASCA’s ASC-8 frequently asked questions at
www.ascassociation.org/ASC8FAQs. Visit ASCA’s Quality Reporting
web page,
www.ascassociation.org/ QualityReporting, for additional resources, including the latest spec- ifications manual, a quality data G-codes cheat sheet and sample safe surgery checklists.
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