Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are facing mounting pressure to prove clinical excellence as payers pivot toward value‑based contracts and higher‑acuity cases migrate to the outpatient setting. Yet because ASCs are different from the hospital setting, they require different benchmarking standards. Nina Goins, executive director of the ASC Quality Collaboration, said her coalition’s new safety and quality assessment, national benchmarking data, and ASC‑specific performance measures can … [Read more...]
ASCQC Rolls Out New Tool to Help Surgery Centers with Quality Control, Payer Talks
The ASC Quality Collaboration (ASCQC) has released its ASC Safety & Quality Assessment tool. ASCQC is an organization focused on advancing patient safety and quality of care in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). It officially announced the release of the new tool on Feb. 3. The ASC Safety & Quality Assessment is a free online survey that surgery centers can use to “benchmark themselves against key attributes that help define a safe, high-quality site of ambulatory surgical care,” … [Read more...]