ASC Excellence Webinar Series

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ASC Excellence Webinar Series

On Demand Replay
Presenters: Judith Marquand, RN and Linda Brooks-Belli, RN
Price: $95 member or $145 nonmember

Regulatory Surveys - Nightmare to Happy Ending

CMS has set a goal to have every Medicare certified ambulatory surgery center in the United States inspected within the next three years. They are making millions of dollars available to state health facility licensing agencies to conduct these inspections. Hundreds of ASCs have already been surveyed.

The wisdom and experience of surgery centers that have completed their Medicare certification inspection survey is now available to help you complete yours successfully. The ambulatory surgery center state associations from California, Florida, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and South Carolina have come together to offer this valuable program to you in cooperation with ASC Excellence Webinar Series.

and give yourself the boost in knowledge and confidence that you need to make your survey a “happy ending”. CMS is very serious about certification inspections. Many, if not most of the ASCs that have already been surveyed have received citations. You can affect the outcome of your Medicare or state survey. In 60 minutes we will::

Review the key areas that will be inspected at your ASC
Discuss how to prepare yourself and your staff for a regulatory survey
Recommend how to interact on-site with surveyors
Offer an analysis of top areas where ASCs are being cited during Medicare surveys
Provide best practices for writing plans of correction for a citation
Offer the opportunity to ask questions of our knowledgeable presenters

Take advantage of the wisdom and experience that our expert presenters have gained through their participation in hundreds of regulatory surveys.

This webinar is a great way to facilitate “buy-in” and to prepare your ASC staff for the inevitable “knock on the door”. One registration can be used with a speakerphone to inform and educate your entire staff. Take advantage of this today using our easy web-based registration system.

Meet the presenters

Judith Marquand, RN

Judith brings over 30 years experience in healthcare having managed and worked in the operating room, endoscopy lab, and critical care areas. She is the Educational Chair of FASCA of TN has been a speaker and planner for both AmSurg and FASCA of TN conferences. Currently, as VP of Clinical Services for AmSurg, she is responsible to oversee AmSurg clinical services staff, develop and implement corporate and clinical services policies and procedures at the corporate and center level, maintain current knowledge of federal and state regulations and standards of accrediting organizations pertaining to ambulatory surgery centers, oversees the clinical aspects of the Center Director’s performance, conduct on site assessments, monitors, audits& evaluates the quality of the clinical services provided and participates in a senior management matrix organization that involves all AmSurg services.

Linda Brooks-Belli, RN

Linda Brooks-Belli is a registered nurse who has 28 years nursing experience in areas ranging from Medical-Surgical, Oncology, and Labor and Delivery with a major focus in gastrointestinal endoscopy where she became a Certified Gastrointestinal Clinician. She spent 12 years in the hospital setting where along with her clinical activities; she was active in writing policies and procedures. She later served as a Center Director of a freestanding ambulatory surgery center where she was also a Licensed Risk Manager. She then became a Director of Clinical Services for AmSurg. She is currently Sr. Director of Clinical Quality and Compliance and Policy Administration and serves as Associate Risk Manager for the corporate office of AMSURG where she designs and coordinates Corporate-wide quality initiatives. Several of her quality works have been presented at the American College of Gastroenterology and have been published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology and the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. She heads the Corporate Quality Assurance Committee and is active in the ASC Quality Collaboration where she has been involved in the development of the National Quality Forum approved quality measures for ASCs.

ASC Excellence is a collaboration of state associations working to provide high quality education that is affordable and convenient for ambulatory surgery center owners and administrators.

The ASC Excellence Webinar Series offers quarterly presentations from industry experts targeted to the best practices of ASC management.

For more information on ASC Excellence webinar series, call (888) 526-9450


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Presents ASC Excellence Webinar Series On Demand Replay Presenters: Judith Marquand, RN and Linda Brooks-Belli, RN Price: $95 member or $145 nonmember Regulatory Surveys - Nightmare to Happy Ending CMS has set a goal to have every Medicare certified ambulatory surgery center in the United States inspected within the next three years. They are making millions of dollars available to state health facility licensing agencies to conduct these inspections. Hundreds of ASCs have already been surveyed. The wisdom and experience of surgery centers that have completed their Medicare certification inspection survey is now available to help you complete yours successfully. The ambulatory surgery center state associations from California, Florida, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and South Carolina have come together to offer this valuable program to you in cooperation with ASC Excellence Webinar Series. and give yourself the boost in knowledge and confidence that you need to make your survey a “happy ending”. CMS is very serious about certification inspections. Many, if not most of the ASCs that have already been surveyed have received citations. You can affect the outcome of your Medicare or state survey. In 60 minutes we will:: Review the key areas that will be inspected at your ASC Discuss how to prepare yourself and your staff for a regulatory survey Recommend how to interact on-site with surveyors Offer an analysis of top areas where ASCs are being cited during Medicare surveys Provide best practices for writing plans of correction for a citation Offer the opportunity to ask questions of our knowledgeable presenters Take advantage of the wisdom and experience that our expert presenters have gained through their participation in hundreds of regulatory surveys. This webinar is a great way to facilitate “buy-in” and to prepare your ASC staff for the inevitable “knock on the door”. One registration can be used with a speakerphone to inform and educate your entire staff. Take advantage of this today using our easy web-based registration system. Meet the presenters Judith Marquand, RN Judith brings over 30 years experience in healthcare having managed and worked in the operating room, endoscopy lab, and critical care areas. She is the Educational Chair of FASCA of TN has been a speaker and planner for both AmSurg and FASCA of TN conferences. Currently, as VP of Clinical Services for AmSurg, she is responsible to oversee AmSurg clinical services staff, develop and implement corporate and clinical services policies and procedures at the corporate and center level, maintain current knowledge of federal and state regulations and standards of accrediting organizations pertaining to ambulatory surgery centers, oversees the clinical aspects of the Center Director’s performance, conduct on site assessments, monitors, audits& evaluates the quality of the clinical services provided and participates in a senior management matrix organization that involves all AmSurg services. Linda Brooks-Belli, RN Linda Brooks-Belli is a registered nurse who has 28 years nursing experience in areas ranging from Medical-Surgical, Oncology, and Labor and Delivery with a major focus in gastrointestinal endoscopy where she became a Certified Gastrointestinal Clinician. She spent 12 years in the hospital setting where along with her clinical activities; she was active in writing policies and procedures. She later served as a Center Director of a freestanding ambulatory surgery center where she was also a Licensed Risk Manager. She then became a Director of Clinical Services for AmSurg. She is currently Sr. Director of Clinical Quality and Compliance and Policy Administration and serves as Associate Risk Manager for the corporate office of AMSURG where she designs and coordinates Corporate-wide quality initiatives. Several of her quality works have been presented at the American College of Gastroenterology and have been published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology and the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. She heads the Corporate Quality Assurance Committee and is active in the ASC Quality Collaboration where she has been involved in the development of the National Quality Forum approved quality measures for ASCs. ASC Excellence is a collaboration of state associations working to provide high quality education that is affordable and convenient for ambulatory surgery center owners and administrators. The ASC Excellence Webinar Series offers quarterly presentations from industry experts targeted to the best practices of ASC management. For more information on ASC Excellence webinar series, call (888) 526-9450