The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is a nonprofit association in

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. It represents all aspects of the

Ambulatory Surgery Center Outpatient surgery, also known as ambulatory surgery, day surgery, day case surgery, or same-day surgery, is surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay.The International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS) would not consider al ...

industry including the physicians, nurses, administrative staff and owners. The association represents the industry before the media,

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, state legislatures and regulatory bodies, and advocates for quality standards,

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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 —

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and the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC) — merged. The new organization commenced operations January 1, 2008.

Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Ambulatory Surgery Centers are

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facilities where

surgery Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...

that does not require

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admission are performed. The specific type and range of surgery performed by a particular facility varies. Some of the most common procedures are cataracts, colonoscopies, and arthroscopic surgery. Patients who elect to have surgery in these type of facilities 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.

References

External links

ASC Association
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