The Successful Ophthalmic ASC: Administration, Operations and Procedures

Developed by AAOE in partnership with the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS), this downloadable PDF module addresses the day-to-day challenges of operating an efficient ophthalmic ASC while keeping clinical quality high. Use this module to:

• Identify quality markers to stay on top of
• Understand the administrative and business support services that are essential to a smooth-running ophthalmic ASC: human resources and benefits management, technology infrastructure management, equipment and supply procurement, billing and collection services, financial reporting and control, legal services and facility maintenance
• Learn how to provide these support services effectively: questions to ask suppliers, potential hires; in-house versus contract services; training
• Simplify creation of required paperwork — presurgery patient rights notifications, advance directives, patient acknowledgment and consent forms, disclosure of financial interest notices, patient instruction sheets — using the templates provided as guides
• Understand the forms and features of an EHR system
• Eliminate costly gaps in scheduling through block booking and other techniques
• Understand the type of policies and procedures manual required of all ASCs by states and review sample language and contents for such a manual