Press Releases
CASCA Executive Committee Installed June ‘09
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009CASCA Executive Committee Installed June ‘09 |
CASCA Announces Melodie Garrobo as President |
CASCA Announces Dr. Craig Davis as Vice President |
CASCA Announces Lisa Austin as Treasurer |
CASCA Announces Rebecca Craig as Secretary |…
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…
CASCA Releases New Research Publication That Tracks ASC Activities in Colorado
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008The Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (CASCA) today released the results of a survey of Colorado ambulatory surgery center (ASC) activities. This first in the nation state Quality Research Initiative (QRI) surveyed a myriad of ASC activities including procedures performed, nurse to patient ratios, infection rates and patient satisfaction. The goal of the QRI is…
CASCA Applauds CMS’ Recognition of the Value of Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a Final Rule establishing a
mechanism for determining ambulatory surgery center (ASC) payment rates beginning in 2008. The Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (CASCA) applauded CMS for recognizing the vital role ASCs play in the country’s health care system and increasing the percentage of reimbursement rates…
CASCA Encourages Time Out
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Wrong-site surgery and other preventable mistakes still occur too frequently in U.S. operating rooms. That’s why the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (CASCA) is joining the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and The Joint Commission to recognize National Time Out Day today. It will be the fourth consecutive year of the event to highlight The…
Consumer Affordability at Heart of Legislative Proposal
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005Physician-owned providers seek protection from anti-competitive abuse of hospital credentialing process.
Denver, CO – The credentialing process used to allow physicians to operate at community hospitals has long been viewed as a professional determination based on medical qualifications; not market dynamics.
But around the country, that view is changing among the big hospitals…
Proposed Law Threatens to Turn Back the Clock on Medicine
Thursday, April 22nd, 2004SB 241 would restrict convalescent care licenses for ambulatory surgery centers; raising costs and limiting choices for patients and their physicians.
Denver, CO – For many Coloradans, ambulatory surgery centers have changed the face of medicine. Procedures that once required the uncomfortable and time consuming experience of entering the hospital can now be performed…