The 2024 CASA Conference is quickly approaching, September 4-6, 2024, at the Anaheim Marriott, in Anaheim, CA.  This means it is also time for our annual business meeting, which includes the election of CASA Board Members. The CASA Business meeting will take place at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 5th at the Conference. The Board elections will be performed via ballot, immediately following the CASA Business meeting.  In order to vote, an attendee must attend the annual meeting and meet the criteria as outlined in the current bylaws article 4.3.

CASA has continued to engage in a range of legislative advocacy efforts in Sacramento to protect California ASC interests. Here are some of the latest highlights:

The 2024 CASA Conference is quickly approaching, September 4-6, 2024, at the Anaheim Marriott, in Anaheim, CA.  This means it is also time for our annual business meeting, which includes the election of CASA Board Members. The CASA Business meeting will take place at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 5th at the Conference. The Board elections will be performed via ballot, immediately following the CASA Business meeting.  In order to vote, an attendee must attend the annual meeting and meet the criteria as outlined in the current bylaws article 4.3.

Reminder Benchmarking and ASC-20 Deadline this Week

The Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an Order dated July 1, 2024, adjusting the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to the quarterly changes in the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section 5307.1. Subsequently, on August 5, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised fee schedule documents for the July update.

The CASA Benchmarking 2nd quarter data entry is open and will close on August 15, 2024.  Also, the next data submission deadline for ASC-20: COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel is Thursday, August 15, and covers the data collected in the first quarter of 2024, January 1 through March 31.