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AAAHC Develops Toolkit to Help ASCs, Others Prevent Opioid Abuse
Opioid prescriptions have declined some in the past year, but remain triple the number prescribed two decades ago, according to a new report by CDC.
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Study: Pediatric Patients Often Experience Pain, Exhibit Maladaptive Behavior Post-surgery
Young children undergoing ambulatory orthopedic, urology, general surgery, and otolaryngology surgical procedures frequently experience post-surgical pain and exhibit maladaptive behaviors, such as increased crying, difficulty with sleep, and acting out.
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Reader Questions From the Summer
This summer has been busier than most, perhaps because of the new political climate and the buzz of anticipated changes in the nation’s healthcare, and many readers have submitted questions.
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ASC Successfully Improves Timeliness of Surgical Clearance Documentation
To prevent last-minute surgery schedule changes and cancellations, it’s important for ASCs to receive surgical clearance documentation at least three days before the scheduled procedure. For one ASC, this was not happening often enough.
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ASC Initiates Several Changes; Cuts Turnover Time
As often happens with efficiency initiatives and quality improvement projects, the first big effort to make process changes can result in swift and significant improvement. The second round of changes often is more challenging as an organization attempts additional improvements.
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ASC’s ‘Pit Crew’ Brings NASCAR Speed to Turnovers
An ASC won a national award for its quality improvement and efficiency project to reduce average operating room turnover time, which was 22.8 minutes.
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Considering Adding Bundled Payments? Here’s What You Need to Know
The key thing for ASC directors to know about bundled payments is that these are developed to reduce healthcare costs, improve outcome accountability, and create situations in which payers and providers share risk, savings, and costs.
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Bundled Payment Models Growing Slowly in ASCs’ World
Bundled payments are a small part of the business for most ambulatory surgery centers, but the model is catching on and could be a major future trend in surgery reimbursement strategies.
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Infection Preventionists Could Be Helpful to ASCs’ Infection Control Efforts
New reports show that infection prevention efforts at healthcare organizations are resulting in huge declines in healthcare-acquired conditions.
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Heart Throbbing Opportunity
We are creating cardiac cath labs within surgery centers with great success. Although it is not for every facility and certainly not for the faint of heart, it is a viable marketing and financial option for many.