Educational Programs & Conferences

Is your ASC prepared to meet the latest Life Safety Code and FGI Guidelines? A comprehensive virtual conference walking through the Life Safety Code and Environment of Care requirements for ambulatory surgery centers — with practical, survey-ready compliance guidance for licensure, certification, and accreditation.

• Introduction to the Life Safety Code and NFPA 10–90B
• NFPA 99
• NFPA 101
• NFPA 110–241 and non-NFPA items
• Wrap-up and questions

Understanding the ASC Conditions for Coverage and the Interpretive Guidelines is critical for all leaders and staff in an ambulatory surgery center. This comprehensive program gives a broad overview of the regulations and guidelines ASCs must follow to maintain Medicare certification, presented by multiple speakers with audience interaction.

• ASC regulatory environment & introduction to the CMS Conditions
• Basis, scope, defining ASCs, qualifying & maintaining agreements
• Governing body, management & surgical services
• Quality assessment and performance improvement
• Environment, medical staff, nursing & medical records
• Pharmaceuticals, lab/radiology, patient rights & infection control
• Patient admission, assessment, discharge & emergency preparedness
• CMS survey preparation, Q&A & wrap-up

The ASC industry’s most comprehensive training in credentialing, privileging, and peer review. Learn the proper procedures while meeting the regulatory and accreditation requirements needed to prepare for state, federal, and accreditation surveys. Includes forms and presentation slides.

• The credentialing process
• Medical staff by-laws and policies/procedures
• The application process
• Verification of credentials
• Approving privileges
• Challenging credentialing issues
• Keeping credentialing current
• Credentialing in the leadership/management structure

• Regulatory basis for peer review
• Developing a peer review program
• Documenting peer review and reporting results
• Mock survey of credentialing, privileging & peer review

ASC administrators, nurse managers, and business office managers face unique challenges managing the financial side of an ASC. Learn the basics of accounting, financial management, financial reporting, budgeting, and financial projections in the ASC setting — from the nation’s leading experts in ASC leadership training. Also helps candidates preparing for the finance section of the CASC exam.

• Introduction to finance and accounting
• Accounting basics
• The balance sheet
• The income statement
• Managing assets and liabilities
• Managing income and expenses
• Financial analysis
• Financial planning and projections

A full two-day virtual conference — not your typical webinar — presenting a diverse slate of topics for both ASC leadership and staff, with real-time interaction. Recorded November 20–21, 2025.

• Understanding CMS Exhibit 351: the surveyor IC worksheet — Laurie Roderiques
• Strategies for keeping current with infection prevention duties — Laurie Roderiques
• Employment law updates & practical guidance for your ASC — Luke Wright
• Life safety and environment of care update 2025 — Stuart Rosenberg & Jim Masters

• The 2026 CMS ASC payment rule and implications for your ASC — Cristina Bentin
• Protect your center from drug diversion before it becomes a headline — Alex Yampolsky
• Leading across generations: building sustainable ASC teams — Amanda Penrod
• Anatomy of a breach: your ASC, under attack — Dr. Paul M. Alcock
• State association panel discussion — moderated by John Goehle
• Accreditation survey preparedness and 2025 update

Training for ASC medical directors on their role, responsibilities, and regulatory expectations — from quality and peer review to working effectively with administration and the governing body.

• The role of the medical director in an ambulatory surgery center
• Quality assessment, performance improvement and managing incidents
• Managing the medical staff: credentialing, privileging and peer review
• Dealing with difficult events and situations
• The medical director, administrator and governing body — working together to assure a safe, effective and compliant ASC