Public Relations
WASCA’s Response to JAMA Study
Friday, June 18th, 2010WASCA STATEMENT RE: JUNE 9, 2010 JAMA ARTICLE
For Attribution to William Portuese, MD
President, Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently reported on a pilot study concerning adherence to new infection control practices prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The study of…
Bellingham Surgery Center in the News
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009A 12-year-old Haitian boy, blind in one eye, receives free care at Bellingham Surgery Center. Read about it here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/689/story/966377.html
ASC Growth Study – Sample Letters
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Dear State ASC Association Leaders,
We need your help. As you know, KNG Health Consulting recently released a study entitled An Analysis of Recent Growth of Ambulatory Surgical Centers. This study demonstrates the importance of ASCs in constraining the cost of health care. In particular, it shows that the savings that ASCs…
ASC Growth Study June 2009
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Study Counters Assertion That Physician Ownership Drives Up Utilization.
ASC Growth Study Press Release
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) play a pivotal role in moving services into less expensive yet clinically appropriate settings, concludes a study issued today by the independent health economics and policy firm KNG Health Consulting. Other key findings from…
Physician-Led Ambulatory Surgical Centers: Vital to Meeting the Surgical Needs of Tomorrow
Thursday, July 17th, 2008This year, 20 million surgical procedures will be performed in America’s ASCs. Almost all of those patients will return home the same day of their surgery and will resume most normal activities within a matter of days. Talk to these patients and you will hear how overwhelmingly satisfied with their ASC experience. Safe and high-quality…