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Get Involved in Advocacy during National ASC Month August is National ASC Month, and this year, ASCA members have multiple ways to connect with their representatives in Congress. ASCA will help organize facil- ity tours, both virtually and in person, and offer its members the chance to choose which type of tour they want to conduct. Hosting a facility tour during National ASC month is the most effective way to educate members of Congress about ASCs and the ASC community. Regardless of the format ASCA members use to engage, ASCA staff will support tour leaders from the first step to the last, providing training calls, outreach support to congressional offices, techni- cal support and a diverse collection of supporting materials. As part of its drive to educate new members of Congress, ASCA aims to have its members meet with all 71 new members of the 117th


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 the ASC Focus 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.


Congress. In June alone, ASCA mem- bers have hosted in-person and virtual tours with six members of Congress and their staff (read Advocacy Spotlight on page 20 for more information). ASCA members interested in hosting a tour for their member of Congress can


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complete the facility tour interest form in the Government Advocacy section on ASCA’s website or visit ASCA’s facility tour webpage for more information.


ascassociation.org/nationalascmonth


Use ASCA’s Salary Survey to Prepare Your 2022 Budget ASCA’s Salary & Benefits Survey can be a valuable tool during budget sea- son. Results from this year’s survey, conducted in June, include data on 20+ ASC job positions, employee bene- fits and ASC demographics. ASCs can sort the data the report contains to allow comparisons with other ASCs from the same region, with a similar number of employees, of the same specialty, with a similar number of patient encounters and other measures.


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with personalized graphical reports and countless options for data comparison to create meaningful reports. ASCs that completed 40 percent or more of the sur- vey receive personalized reports for free; ASCs that did not participate can pur- chase the results. ASCA members save $100 when purchasing reports.


ascassociation.org/salarysurvey


Attend ASCA’s August Hand Hygiene Webinar On Tuesday, August 17, at 1:00 pm ET, Laurie Roderiques, RN, CASC, direc- tor of clinical services at Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies, will lead the ses- sion “Hand Hygiene Issues, Yes, We Are Still Talking About This.” This webi- nar will revisit the basics and discuss the whys, the hows and the “really?” This webinar is a part of the webi-


nar series’ Infection Preventionist Track and is included in the 2021 Webinar All- Access Pass. This pass provides access to the live events and recordings of all 17 webinars this year at one low price. Learn more about ASCA’s webinar


series at ascassociation.org/webinars to learn more and register.


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