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California Wildfires Teach ASC Leader Tough Lessons
While ASCs maintain disaster preparedness plans, they might not have developed a post-disaster process and plan. One ASC leader offers some advice on what to expect and how to prepare.
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Improving Payer Contracts: How to Navigate the Obstacle Course
Out-of-network health plans are not what they used to be for surgery centers. Payers have been fighting back against centers charging them more and patients less. Sometimes, this fight has gone to court, and payers have won millions of dollars from ASCs.
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CMS Proposes ASC Reimbursement Change
In late July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to change its Medicare ASC payment system for 2019 to the hospital market basket update instead of the CPI-U.
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Investigation Reveals Stark Difference in Opioid Use Among Spine Patients
The authors of a recent study found that spine surgery patients who were on opioids prior to their surgery were most likely to use opioids for a year or longer after surgery.
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New Research Sheds Light on Opioid Problems After Surgery
Investigators are studying the problems of surgery centers and physicians prescribing opioid medication with too little information about patients’ history with opioids and without adequate patient education on using and disposing of leftover drugs.
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Regulators Want ASCs to Build Infrastructure to Ensure Safety
ASCs need to build an infection prevention program that is managed by someone with knowledge and training in infection control.
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Joint Commission Infection Prevention Director Provides Tips to Meet Standards
Infection control in surgery centers over the past decade has focused on ensuring all medical devices and equipment are safe to use. When accreditation surveyors visit sites, they often identify issues related to basic infection prevention practices, dilution of disinfectants, sterilization, and following manufacturing instructions.
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Nurses Share Top Concerns
Our columnist also shares new information on the return of celebrating people, site-neutral payment policies, and the rise of freestanding emergency rooms.
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Reference Pricing Can Send More Surgical Cases to ASCs
A payment model gaining traction in California could drive more surgical cases to ASCs.
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Shift of Surgical Care to ASCs Requires Some Cost Preparation
Shift of surgical care to ASCs moved steadily over the decades and now encompasses orthopedic, neurological, and other high-acuity cases that once were unimaginable for this setting.