Advancing Surgical Care Podcast

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA)
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Advancing Surgical Care Podcast

Essential news and information for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs)

  1. JAN 9

    ASCA Board Members Address Anesthesia Provider Shortage

    Send us a textIn this episode of the Advancing Surgical Care Podcast, ASCA President Mark Wainner discusses the current shortage of anesthesia providers confronting ASC operators with Alfonso del Granado, ASCA Board member and administrator of Covenant High Plains Surgery Centers in Lubbock, Texas.Del Granado shares some of the management techniques he employs to better use anesthesia providers within the facilities he oversees. Chief among the recommendations that del Granado makes are some ...

    18 min

  2. 11/13/2024

    Medicare’s 2025 Final Payment Rule

    Send us a textIn this episode of the Advancing Surgical Care Podcast, ASCA Chief Executive Officer Bill Prentice talks with ASCA Chief Advocacy Officer Kara Newbury about the 2025 final ASC payment rule that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released November 1. Bill and Kara discuss the results of the annual rulemaking process on the ASC Covered Procedures List (ASC-CPL), the inflationary adjustment and reimbursements for specific surgical procedures, and ASC quality rep...

    19 min

  3. 09/25/2024

    Adding Cardiovascular Procedures to the ASC Covered Procedures List

    Send us a textIn this episode of the Advancing Surgical Care Podcast, ASCA Chief Advocacy Officer Kara Newbury leads a discussion with Dr. David Kenigsberg, a Florida-based clinical cardiac electrophysiologist and a member of ASCA’s Cardiovascular Working Group. This short but insightful program focuses on the kinds of cardiovascular procedures that are being safely performed in the outpatient setting today as well as ASCA’s efforts to persuade the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

    15 min

  4. 09/09/2024

    OAS CAHPS Keys to Success

    Send us a textIn this episode of the Advancing Surgical Care Podcast, ASCA Immediate Past President Mandy Hawkins, RN, CASC, CAIP, leads a discussion with Press Ganey Emerging Markets President Bob McSweeney and Director of Health Policy Eme Augustine about the challenges and opportunities confronting ASCs administering the Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (OAS CAHPS) Survey. With the mandatory January 2025 start date for this postopera...

    15 min

  5. 06/17/2024

    Unleash the Power of Data to Transform Your ASC

    Send us a textIn this episode of the Advancing Surgical Care Podcast, ASCA Chief Executive Officer Bill Prentice talks with Will Evans, senior director of data science & insights at HST Pathways, following Evans’s presentation at ASCA 2024 in Orlando, Florida, earlier this year. Evans explains how even small, standalone surgery centers can capture and analyze data to improve their financial performance and patient outcomes. He also offers practical advice for sharing performance data with...

    13 min

  6. 06/03/2024

    The ABCs of an Effective, Compliant ASC Infection Prevention Plan

    Send us a textIn this episode of the Advancing Surgical Care Podcast, ASCA Chief Executive Officer Bill Prentice talks with Debbie Mack, RN, CAIP, a leading infection prevention (IP) educator and consultant, following an IP session Mack presented at the ASCA 2024 Conference & Expo in Orlando, Florida.Beginning with the ongoing training a surgery center’s infection preventionist should seek each year and the need to document that training, Mack and Prentice talk through a list of key eleme...

    12 min

  7. 05/20/2024

    HR Strategies for Surgery Center Administrators

    Send us a textIn this episode of the Advancing Surgical Care Podcast, ASCA Chief Executive Officer Bill Prentice talks with attorney Sal Puccio during the ASCA 2024 Conference & Expo in Orlando, Florida, to discuss a range of human resources issues facing ASCs today. Puccio is widely regarded as an expert on ASC employment practices and his presentations at ASCA events are well-regarded by ASCA members. He is a partner at the law firm Garfunkel Wild and a member of the firm’s employment l...

    13 min

  8. 04/30/2024

    Cybersecurity for Surgery Centers

    Send us a textIn this episode of the Advancing Surgical Care Podcast, ASCA Chief Executive Officer Bill Prentice talks with Dr. Paul Alcock, chief information security officer for Surgical Information Systems, where he leads the company’s enterprise cybersecurity program, including threat and incident management, security policy and governance. Their conversation took place at ASCA’s Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, following Dr. Alcock’s presentation on cybersecurity in ASCs. Wit...

    12 min
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Essential news and information for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs)

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  • Creator
    Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA)
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    52
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    Clean
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    © 2025 Advancing Surgical Care Podcast
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