- ASC Association
The Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Association is a nonprofit association in
the United States . It represents all aspects of the ASC industry including the physicians, nurses, administrative staff and owners.The association represents the industry before the media, Congress, state legislatures and regulatory bodies, and advocates for quality standards,
insurance coverage by Medicare and private payers, and reasonable conditions for coverage.History
The ASC Association was formed in 2008 when the two leading national ASC associations —
FASA and the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC) — merged.Ambulatory Surgery Centers
ASCs are medical facilities where
surgery that does not requirehospital admission are performed. The specific type and range of surgery performed by a particular ASC varies from ASC to ASC.Patients who elect to have surgery in an ASC do so without being admitted to a hospital. They arrive on the day of the procedure, have the surgery in an operating room, and recover under the care of the nursing staff.
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