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The Business & Operations of ASCs * 11th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable * 14th Annual Meeting * Call for Speakers * Exhibiting & Sponsoring * Virtual Events * Upcoming Virtual Events * Human Resources + Talent Virtual Event * Dentistry - The Next Five Years Virtual Event * Past Virtual Events * Webinars * Upcoming Webinars * Past Webinars * Partner Content * Current Partner Content * Archives * Podcasts * Lists * 580+ ASCs with total joint replacements | 2023 * 180+ ASCs with spine surgery | 2023 * State-by state breakdown of 2022's 183 new ASCs * 10 GI power players * 510 of America's 'Best' ASCs in 2023: Newsweek * Nominations * Print * Current Issue * Past Issues * Multimedia * New Florida ASC goes all-in with Stryker * ASC Speaker Series * Videos * Roundtables * Career Center * About Us * About Becker's ASC Review * Careers at Becker's * Contact Us * Request Media Kit * MyBHC * ASC News * Transactions & Valuation * Anesthesia * GI & Endoscopy * Coding, Billing, and Collections * Accreditation & Quality * Leadership * Opioids * New ASC Development * Total Joint Replacements * Outpatient Spine * Private Equity * Supply Chain * Ophthalmology * Cardiology * Specialties * Cardio * Lab * Post-Acute * Orthopedics * Dental / DSO CLINICAL LEADERSHIP & INFECTION CONTROL Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Stories * WHAT ASCS NEED MOST RIGHT NOW, PER 6 LEADERS Paige Haeffele - Monday, April 17th, 2023 Six healthcare professionals joined Becker's to share what the ASC industry needs most, from training and retaining staff to technological upgrades and other necessities. * WHEN IT COMES TO BONE GRAFT MATERIALS, ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL: BEST PRACTICES FOR EVALUATING BONE GRAFT MATERIALS FOR SPINAL FUSION in collaboration with Kuros - Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 Back and neck pain are leading causes of disability in the United States. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), back pain in the United States is the leading cause of days off work, and the reason for more bed days than any other condition. In addition, back and neck pain are a costly problem; with a 2016 study estimating the annual cost of treatments for low back and neck pain cost at $134.4 billion. * 16 STATES CHALLENGE FEDERAL VACCINE MANDATE Riz Hatton - Thursday, February 10th, 2022 Sixteen state attorneys general called upon a federal judge to block the federal vaccine mandate for healthcare workers Feb. 4. * PATIENT SAFETY INCREASED AT ASCS IN Q3 OF 2021: REPORT Carly Behm - Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 Measures of ASC patient fall rates and hospital transfers decreased in the third quarter of 2021, according to an ASC Quality Collaboration report. * MULTISITE SURGEONS HAVE HIGHER 30-DAY READMISSIONS THAN SINGLE-SITE SURGEONS, STUDY SAYS Marcus Robertson - Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 Surgeons who operate at multiple sites have higher 30-day readmission rates than those that only operate at one location, according to a Jan. 4 General Surgery News report. * THESE 6 ASCS EARNED PERFECT CMS SCORES ON STAFF AND CLEANLINESS Marcus Robertson - Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 CMS released the latest results from its Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program on Oct. 27, 2021. * OMICRON VARIANT: 8 THINGS WE KNOW AND 4 THINGS WE DON'T KNOW Marcus Robertson - Friday, December 10th, 2021 On Nov. 26, the World Health Organization designated the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern and named it omicron, after the Greek letter. * JOINT COMMISSION RELEASES HEALTH INEQUITY ADVISORY Patsy Newitt - Thursday, July 29th, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the gaps in different populations' access to healthcare. The Joint Commission on July 14 released a safety advisory to address these inequities. * HOW ONE ASC MAINTAINS 0.04% TOTAL JOINT INFECTION RATE, 99% PATIENT SATISFACTION THROUGH QUALITY TRACKING Patsy Newitt - Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 Tracking quality through patient portals and analytics has given The Surgical Center at Columbia (Mo.) Orthopaedic Group the opportunity to reach new levels of patient satisfaction and keep infection rates low. * SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATES SECURES COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR 220+ ASCS Patsy Newitt - Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates has chosen HOTB Software's compliance management platform, SCT|CoreCompli, to provide survey data management for its more than 220 ASCs. * THE JOINT COMMISSION PROVIDES SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ASCS Patsy Newitt - Thursday, May 20th, 2021 The Joint Commission posted safety recommendations and warnings for ASCs in a May 19 blog post. * LEAPFROG DIGS DEEPER INTO ASCS WITH NEW COMMITTEE Carly Behm - Thursday, May 20th, 2021 The Leapfrog Group is creating an advisory committee for ASCs, according to a May 20 announcement. * SOUTH CAROLINA COMPOUNDING PHARMACY OPENS 2ND LOCATION Laura Dyrda - Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 Sweetgrass Pharmacy & Co. in Mount Pleasant, S.C., has a new location introducing services to the region, according to a Moultrie News report. * QUVA PHARMA POISED FOR GROWTH AFTER $275M FUNDING ROUND Laura Dyrda - Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 QuVa Pharma completed a $275 million financing round May 6. * COMPOUNDING PHARMACY MARKET TO HIT $15B BY 2028 & 5 MORE REPORT TAKEAWAYS Laura Dyrda - Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 The compounding pharmacies market is expected to grow in the next seven years, according to a ResearchAndMarkets.com report. * CDC REVISES COVID-19 TRANSMISSION INFO, 4 MORE UPDATES Laura Dyrda - Monday, May 10th, 2021 Federal agencies have released new hospital quality ratings, warnings, job reports and COVID-19 study information in the last few weeks. * WHAT IS DEDICATED MRI, AND WHY DOES IT MATTER TO PATIENT CARE? In Collaboration with Esaote - Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 Innovation in the field of Diagnostic imaging technology has continued to advance over recent years, and with this brings more solutions and services accessible to Clinicians that allow for Radiology Departments, Imaging Centers, and In-Office facilities to expand the range of tools used to diagnose and care for their patient population. * 4 ASC QUALITY REPORTING RESOURCES Patsy Newitt - Friday, April 23rd, 2021 There are several resources available for ASCs to measure their quality through surveys and evaluations. * ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK ASCS RECOGNIZED FOR PATIENT SAFETY Patsy Newitt - Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 Four ASCs in Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network have been awarded the 2021 I Am Patient Safety award by the Patient Safety Authority, an independent state agency in Pennsylvania. * SURGERIES SHOULD BE DELAYED 7 WEEKS AFTER A POSITIVE COVID-19 DIAGNOSIS, STUDY SUGGESTS - Thursday, March 11th, 2021 Patients who have COVID-19 should delay getting a surgical procedure at least seven weeks because of increased postoperative death rates, according to a study published March 9 in Anesthesia. Page 1 of 50 * * * 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 * 9 * 10 * * 10 MOST-READ INFECTION CONTROL ARTICLES 5 FEATURED INFECTION CONTROL ARTICLES * What ASCs need most right now, per 6 leaders FEATURED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES * ASC/Spine Whitepapers * ASC/Spine Webinars * Clinical Whitepapers * Clinical Webinars FEATURED WEBINARS * Unlocking the Employee Retention Credit: A roadmap for hospitals - Register * Automating implant orders: An industry guide for efficiency & clinical productivity - Register * Pathway to efficiency: An expert guide to transform credentialing, eliminate friction + manual tasks and boost revenue - Register * Protecting your patients with steller infection prevention practices - Register * The path to make transplantation and cellular therapies safer for patients - Register * Do more with your EHR: How interoperability innovation is easing patient + staff burdens - Register * What it takes to ace the hospital capacity management balancing act - Register * How Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants Saw Scheduling Success of 15%+ Increase in Patient Volume by Optimizing for Operational Efficiency - Register * The #1 Way to Accelerate DSO Growth (Without Spending More Money) - Register * The 3 steps to fix your denials issue + strengthen patient access - Register FEATURED WHITEPAPERS * A cost minimization model to reduce secondary stroke risk, costs - Download * How DSOs like Heartland Dental, Pacific Dental Services use cloud communications to transform operations - Download * Confidence that every vendor is compliant: How an academic medical college achieved fully automated compliance monitoring - Download * 7 strategies to solve staff shortages in the dental industry - Download * Accurate value sets: The basis for clinical initiatives and targeted analysis - Download * A new era for life sciences: How collaborative platform technology is accelerating innovation + operations - Download * Becker's-AWS' 2023 healthcare leadership survey: Top challenges & opportunities in digital transformation - Download * 6 ways artificial intelligence helps DSOs attract and retain talent - Download * Meta-analysis: 70% reduction in HAPI incidence across 19K+ patients with this monitoring system - Download * From insight to impact: Leveraging purpose-built technology to overcome denials - Download FEATURED PODCAST TOP 40 ARTICLES FROM THE PAST 6 MONTHS * What ASCs need most right now, per 6 leaders Becker's Websites * Hospital * ASC * Spine * Clinical * Health IT * CFO * Dental + DSO * Payer * Podcasts * Behavioral Health * Physician Leadership * MyBHC * Career Center Virtual Learning * Webinars * Whitepapers * Podcasts Conferences * 8th Annual Becker's Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Annual Meeting * 29th Annual Meeting - The Business & Operations of ASCs * 11th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable * 14th Annual Meeting * Upcoming Contact Us * 1.800.417.2035 * becker@beckershealthcare.com * Copyright © 2023 Becker's Healthcare. 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