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02/29/2016
CASA Award for ASC Excellence
California ASCs are drivers of excellent healthcare, providing opportunities and solutions for healthcare reform. Absent from our industry is the mechanism to honor ASCs who strive to “rise to the top”. Recognizing this need, the CASA Board is proud to introduce a new program for 2016.
The CASA Award for ASC Excellence acknowledges a CASA member facility who exemplifies best practices in the surgery center industry, plus actively promotes and advocates for ASC excellence and inclusion in the healthcare delivery system.
The criteria for the CASA Award for ASC Excellence is built around 5 pillar categories.
- Membership – Facility supports the ASC industry through active engagement in professional organizations.
- Advocacy – Facility drives ASC related legislation at both the Federal and State level through education, action and financial contributions.
- Quality Metrics – Facility drives transparency and clinical quality in the ASC through facility benchmarking and public reporting and superior performance of important metrics including outcomes, pricing and patient satisfaction.
- Education – Facility ensures clinical best practices, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance through ongoing patient, staff and physician education.
- Community Involvement – Facility is actively engaged in educating the public regarding the benefits of ASCs and demonstrating leadership in improving the general health of their community.
In addition to the CASA Award for ASC Excellence, the most outstanding center will be awarded with the CASA ASC of the Year award.
Announcement of the awards will take place at the CASA Annual Conference, September 7-9, 2016. The conference will be located at the La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California.
Is your ASC meeting these pillars of excellence? Make sure to investigate further and submit your center's application for consideration.
As this is a CASA sponsored award, all nominees must be members of CASA. Nominees should submit an application to CASA and must demonstrate activity in each section (Membership, Advocacy, Quality, Community Involvement, Education, CASA Involvement.) Further information, guidance and an application can be found at the links below. Applications should utilize information and activity from 2015 and will be accepted between March 1, through June 20, 2016.
