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Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Faults Kaiser Health News and USA Today for Sensationalism and Misrepresentation of Safety and Quality in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
March 2018

Key ASC Legislation Introduced in US House of Representatives
March 2017

Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) Improve Participation, Results in Medicare Quality Reporting Program
December 2016

ASCA Applauds House and Senate Passage of Legislation that Impacts ASCs
December 2016

ASCs Reduce Outpatient Surgery Costs for Commercially Insured Patients by $38 Billion Annually
June 2016

ASCA Commends US House of Representatives for Passage of the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016
June 2016

More Than 95 Percent of Medicare-Certified ASCs Meet Quality Reporting Requirements
December 2015

Medicare's 2016 Final Rule Released; Seventeen New Procedures Added to ASC-Payable List
October 2015

Medicare Quality Reporting Program Shows Universal Safe Surgery Checklist Use
October 2015

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Briefs Congress on Innovations in Outpatient Surgical Care
September 2015

ASCA Backs Legislation to Promote Cost Savings, Patient Access to Outpatient Surgical Care
September 2015

ASCA Partners with US Representative David Scott to Raise Awareness on Colorectal Cancer Screening
August 2015

ASCA Commends Congress for Supporting Electronic Health Fairness Act Backed by ASC Community
August 2015

Op-Ed: Lower Surgical Costs by Better Aligning the Interests of Insurers and Consumers
July 2015

Legislation to Promote Cost Savings, Patient Access to Outpatient Surgical Care Backed by ASCA
March 2015

ASCA Response to PHC4 Report Emphasizes True Value of ASCs
November 2014

Record Number of Medicare-Certified ASCs Meet Quality Reporting Requirements
November 2014

Flu Season Is Here; Register Now with NHSN to Report ASC-8 in 2015
October 2014

ASCA Announces New Board Officers
May 2014

New Study Finds that ASCs Save Money, Increase Efficiency While Maintaining Quality
May 2014

HHS Confirms Billions of Dollars of Medicare Cost Savings Tied to ASCs
April 2014

ASCA, US Representative Charlie Dent Work Together to Encourage the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer
April 2014

98 Percent of Medicare-Certified ASCs Meet New Federal Quality Reporting Standards
November 2013

New Study Finds Billions in Savings Tied to ASCs
September 2013

US House Bill to Promote Cost Savings, Patient Access to Outpatient Surgical Care Backed by ASCA
June 2013

New Interactive Map Helps Users Locate ASCs and General Acute Care Hospitals
June 2013

Legislation to Promote Cost Savings, Patient Access to Outpatient Surgical Care Backed by ASCA
June 2013

ASCA Encourages Contributions to The One Fund Boston
April 2013

ASCA, Colorectal Cancer Experts, Host Legislative Briefing on Capitol Hill
March 2013

Growth in the Number of ASCs Offers Cost Savings and Improved Access
January 2013

PHC4 Report Misses True Story of Ambulatory Surgery Centers’ Value
October 2012

ASCA Releases Free Medicare Quality Reporting Toolkit
August 2012

Poll Confirms that Patients Continue to Trust Doctors to Put Patient Health First
August 2012

ASCA Disputes Workers Compensation Institute Research Report
May 2012

ASCA Supports Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Colorectal Screening
March 2012

Colonoscopies Contribute to Decline in Cancer Mortality Rates
February 2012

ASCA Applauds CMS Decision to Permit Same Day Surgery Without Exception in ASCs
October 2011

ASCA Testifies at House Ways & Means Subcommittee Hearing on Health Care Consolidation and Testimony
September 2011

ASCA Supports Introduction of Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2011
June 2011

HHS Secretary Sebelius Releases Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program Report to Congress
April 2011

ASCA Statement on MedPAC Recommendation to Update ASC Payment Rates
March 2011

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Announces 2011 National Open House Day
January 2011

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