It represents all aspects of the Ambulatory Surgery Center industry including the physicians, nurses, administrative staff and owners.
The association represents the industry before the media, Congress, state legislatures and regulatory bodies, and advocates for quality standards, insurance coverage by Medicare and private payers, and reasonable conditions for coverage.
The specific type and range of surgery performed by a particular facility varies.
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.