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The Utah Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is committed to ensuring that surgery center continue to thrive as a distinct model for the delivery of safe, affordable, and advanced surgical services to Utah’s health care consumers.
BREAKING NEWSUASCA Response to JAMA study |
FEDERALUASCA Alert – Conditions for Coverage |
Urgent: Click here for more information about fraud and abuse laws as part of national health care reform.
ASC Waiting Area Separation
DOH to Discuss New Regulatory and Legislative Issues That Will Impact YOUR ASC! Click here for information.
Mark Your Calendars: November 4, 2010, Annual Education Conference in Salt Lake City. Details to come.
Medicare Program:
Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2010 Payment Rates; Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2010 Payment Rates.
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Click here for ASC Growth Study
Study Counters Assertion That Physician Ownership Drives Up Utilization. Click here for sample letters to legislators, the media and for newsletters.
New CMS Regulations Information Available
What is an ASC? How does CMS now define “overnight stay”? What are the requirements for emergency preparedness? All this information and more:
2009 Medicare Resources Now Available
Utah Living Will Registry | Click here
U.S. Living Will Registry | Click here
The impact of rising unemployment on health insurers’ membership rolls reinforces what analysts and economists say is all but certain: that the number of uninsured likely has risen by several million since the U.S. Census Bureau in 2007 pegged it at 45.7 million. Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that the number of uninsured Americans is now close to 50 million. Wall Street Journal, Thursday, April 23, 2009.
Utah Senator Mike Waddoups
Click Here to listen to Senator Waddoups speak about the current state of affairs in the health care industry.
Health Insurance Monopolies