Ambulatory Surgery Center Survival in the New Health Care Era
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Ambulatory Surgery Center Survival in the New Health Care Era Mary Hibdon, RN; Ambulatory Surgery Center Strategist Cerner Corporation / 2800 Rockcreek Parkway / Kansas City, MO 64117 / 816.201.1024 / www.cerner.com 1192921946_V2

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Executive Overview Is your ASC prepared for the inevitable mandate of electronic information exchange? With your current documentation system, can you share data across health care venues? Can you capture patient information in a collaborative patient record and operate from “one source of truth”? Does your ASC have a patient engagement strategy to effectively manage patient and community populations? Can your ASC contribute information to develop evidence-based algorithms that guide the delivery of care? Does your organization allow patients' the ability to have access to, and...

Implementing an electronic documentation system in your ASC should mean more than just converting from pen to computer. It is becoming increasingly clear that ASCs can no longer avoid conversion from paper documentation to electronic documentation if they are to survive in the new health and care delivery models designed to crush the silos. The current silo-based healthcare system and the resulting inability to share information across care venues has impeded the ability to coordinate the best care and patient outcomes. According to a newsletter distributed by the Centers for Medicare and...

Ambulatory Surgery Center Survival in the New Health Care Era The future of payments for all healthcare venues is changing and will continue to evolve from a fee for service model to bundled payments and shared risk type models. The ASC of the future will need to be able to participate as a part of the bundled payment and risk sharing movements. In order to be able to participate, ASCs must be able to identify their costs, and share data as one of the organizations providing services to the patient population included in the bundled payment or risk sharing organization. If they cannot meet...

Ambulatory Surgery Center Survival in the New Health Care Era A Head-in-the-Sand Approach Will Not Work for the Future The ASC Quality Collaborative, ASCA, and many other industry supportive organizations has continued to educate Congress on the current lack of resources and funding for implementation of electronic health records and systems enabling ASCs to share information and submit required data elements electronically. With the goals of the Department of Health and Human Services outlined above ASCs must move forward despite the lack of funding and resources in order to assure their...