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As High-deductible Plan Trend Continues, What’s Next for Surgery Centers?
Increasingly, people who need surgery have to pay for large chunks of the costs as employers and payers shift cost burdens to patients through high deductibles. This means ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) need to know their costs and be transparent with what patients will pay out of pocket.
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Fall Makeover Time
Plotting a new course for your ASC through new ideas and investments in capital, both physical and human.
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Why ASC Leaders Should Embed a Credo in the Facility’s Culture
A guiding principle helps employees understand the organization's mission better.
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Consider Ethics of Financial Toxicity to Patients
Financial toxicity is the financial burden or stress patients endure in response to the cost of their treatment or care in the healthcare system, including out-of-pocket expenses, deductibles, copays, and cost of health insurance.
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Tactics to Increase Copay Collection
Copay collections at an ASC increased sixfold after the organization made some changes that included staff training and centralized registration.
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Physician Stress, Frustrations Can Lead to Depression, Burnout
Besides the stress of performing surgery, dealing with daily minor annoyances and clashing with colleagues can, over time, compound serious burnout.
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Complying With Immediate-use Sterilization Rules
Daily huddles, schedule adjustments, and surgeon education led to a dramatic decrease in immediate-use steam sterilization rates at an ASC in Florida.
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Mandate Staff Vaccinations to Prevent Infections
When one health system required immunization for all staff, compliance rose, thanks in part to the system offering all employees vaccines for free but also tying privileges to policy adherence.
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Antimicrobial Drug-resistant Organisms Rising, Suggesting Risks for ASCs
The antimicrobial drug-resistance problem is getting worse, increasing risk for healthcare patients and workers in all settings. Another disturbing trend affecting the healthcare environment is the continuation of outbreaks of preventable infections, such as measles and mumps.
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Sterile Processing and Infection Control
The author answers recently asked questions regarding sterile processing and distribution.