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ASCA NEWS


Registration Coming Soon for ASCA 2016 Save the date for ASCA’s annual meeting—ASCA 2016—at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, May 19–22. Registration opens soon. Visit www.ascassociation. org/ASCA2016 for all of the latest annual meeting news. A preliminary schedule and a list of topics and speakers are currently available online. Hotel and travel information, registration details and the current list of exhibitors and sponsors also are available there. The full program will be posted soon. ASCA 2016 promises to be the


largest and most comprehensive indus- try event of the year. Join us for a wide variety of educational opportunities, the largest exhibit hall of the year and one-of-a-kind networking opportuni- ties with your colleagues from around the country.


Attend ASCA’s Final 2015 Webinars ASCA’s last three webinars this year will focus on Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) com- pliance, Medicare’s 2016 Final Payment Rule and CPT changes for 2016. Sherrie Graham, executive director of operations and business develop- ment at Nueterra in Leawood, Kansas, will present “The Devil is in the Details (Practical Tools for CLIA Compli- ance)” on November 3. She will offer an overview of the latest updates in regulatory compliance for laboratory testing provided in the ASC setting and tips and strategies for addressing each area.


Kara Newbury, ASCA’s regula-


tory counsel, will discuss Medicare’s 2016 final payment rule for ASCs on December 1. Get the final word on the changes to Medicare’s ASC payment system that will take effect January 1, 2016. Find out how ASC payment rates will change in 2016, if new pro- cedures were added to the list of those eligible to be performed on Medicare


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patients in the ASC setting and how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser- vices’ (CMS) final rule’s other policy changes, including those made to the ASC quality reporting program, will impact ASC payments. In “CPT Changes 2016: What’s


New, Revised and Deleted, and What That All Means to ASCs,” on Decem- ber 8, Cristina Bentin, president of Coding Compliance Management


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.


LLC in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will provide an update on the new, revised and deleted CPT codes that will affect ASCs in 2016. She also will address applications and scenarios for reporting the new codes, as well as reimbursement potentials, from a CMS perspective. Register online at www.ascassociation.


org/Webinars. All webinars begin at 1 p.m. ET and will be recorded and available for purchase on ASCA’s Learning Center. 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 your questions real-time during the presentation.


Register Now for ASCA’s 2016 Winter Coding Seminar Sign up today for ASCA’s 2016 Winter Coding Seminar, January 14–16, 2016, at the Talking Stick Resort in Scotts- dale, Arizona. This two-and-a-half day conference is a “must” when it comes to learning best coding practices that ensure you receive the reimbursements you deserve.


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