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47 Quality & Accreditation • Want competitive bids? • Want the best price and terms? • Want to partner with a hospital? • Which of the 30 ASC companies is best for you? • Want to sell your ASC real estate? Want to sell your ASC or endoscopy center? ASC Sales Purchases Mergers Acquisitions Valuations Joint Ventures Partnering Consulting Jon Vick, President of ASCs Inc., has facilitated over 250 ASC partnership transactions. He specializes in ASC sales, strategic partnering, and ASC/MOB real estate sales. To find out how we can facilitate the sale of your ASC, contact Jon Vick at JonVick@ASCs-Inc.com or 760-751-0250 Get more information about how ASCs Inc. can find you the best deal, visit www.ASCs-Inc.com today! 4. Complete credentialing for new procedures. Physician credential- ing is not just a one-time process. Physicians also need to be credentialed for new procedures. For example, if you have an orthopedic surgeon who is privileged to do knees and shoulders and then one day, he wants to book a carpal tunnel procedure, you must make sure that his privileges have been updated to reflect the fact that he can perform carpel tunnels. "He may be licensed in his scope [of practice] to do this procedure, but if he wasn't granted privileges by the ASC's committee he cannot perform it until the committee has approved an addendum to his privileges and shows the review in their minutes," says Ms. Sasso. 5. Stay on top of re-credentialing. Physicians have to be re-credentialed every few years. CMS and The Joint Commission recommend re-creden- tialing every two years, while the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care allows for a three-year cycle. "It expires just like physicians' state licenses," says Ms. Kimbrough. "We try to make sure they are re-credentialed at the end of the current cycle so that the transition from one cycle to next is seamless. People think there may be wiggle room, but it is a hard stop." 6. Let the entire team know when a new physician is creden- tialed. It is important that all staff members in an ASC know who the newly credentialed physicians are. Once in the OR, it is unlikely that staff members think anything is wrong. "Communication is key," says Ms. Kimbrough. "The credentialing team should let everyone know who is credentialed and starting to perform cases. So when someone shows up the staff has an inkling as to whether they should be there or not." 7. Ensure that ASC leadership is engaged in the credentialing process. According to Ms. Kimbrough, ASC leaders and the credentialing team need to be aligned and proactive. There must be constant communica- tion regarding credentialing. Both ASC leaders and the team need to stay on top of changes in the credentialing and regulatory world. "Credentialing is critical," says Ms. Kimbrough. "When the process is being completed consistently and appropriately, everything works well. It protects your patients and your facility." n SAVE THE DATE learn more & register at https://www.regonline.com/22ndAnnualASC October 22 - 24, 2015 Swissôtel - Chicago, Illinois Becker's ASC 22nd Annual Meeting The Business and Operations of ASCs 51 Great Surgeons, 55 Leading Administrators and 110 Surgery Center Speakers in Total