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Sunday, August 29th, 2010Information about Fraud and Abuse Laws
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Your ASC needs to know more about recent changes in fraud and abuse laws enacted as part of national health care reform now since some changes went into effect on January 1, 2010. Join us at ASCs 2010 to hear ASC Association regulatory counsel Ron Wisor describe what you need to know to make sure…
CASCA Asks Sen. Bennet to Intervene with CMS
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009The CASCA Board of Directors sent a letter to Senator Michael Bennet asking him consider sending, over his signature, a letter asking the Acting Administrator of CMS to make needed regulatory change to ASC payment rates. The letter to Senator Bennet: CASCA Letter to Sen. Bennet re: CMS and the draft letter Draft
CASCA Executive Committee Installed June
Friday, July 31st, 2009Here are the Press releases of your new CASCA Executive Board.
CASCA Executive Committee Installed June ‘09
CASCA Announces Melodie Garrobo as President
ASC Growth Study June 2009
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Study Counters Assertion That Physician Ownership Drives Up Utilization.
ASC Growth Study Press Release
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) play a pivotal role in moving services into less expensive yet clinically appropriate settings, concludes a study issued today by the independent health economics and policy firm KNG Health Consulting. Other key findings from…
ASC Growth Study – Sample Letters
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Dear State ASC Association Leaders,
We need your help. As you know, KNG Health Consulting recently released a study entitled An Analysis of Recent Growth of Ambulatory Surgical Centers. This study demonstrates the importance of ASCs in constraining the cost of health care. In particular, it shows that the savings that ASCs…
Exception for Same Day Scheduling of Surgery
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Medicare has announced that it will allow an exception for the patient notices required in advance of the day of the procedure in certain cases.www.ascassociation.org/guidelines
Massachusetts Faces Costs of Big Health Care Plan
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Three years ago, Massachusetts enacted perhaps the boldest state health care experiment in American history, bringing near-universal coverage to the commonwealth with Paul Revere speed…
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Economic Stimulus Package Sends Clear Message: Adopt EHR Technology Now or Pay the Price Later
Monday, March 16th, 2009By improving the efficiency and quality of health care services, electronic health records (EHRs) have been hailed as a promising new component of America’s future health care industry. However, due to cost and other perceived implementation obstacles,…
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Finding a Way to Ask Doctors Tough Questions
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Waiting to see his dermatologist about a skin rash, John Barnett heard the doctor sneeze loudly before he came into the exam room. The Seattle-area retiree says it took all his courage to ask, “Are you going to wash your hands before you examine me?”…
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