Northern Virginia Eye Surgery Center (Fairfax, Va). William Rich, MD, a partner in this ASC, went through a 20-year struggle with nearby hospitals and Virginia's strict certificate of need process before the ASC finally opened in May 2008.
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ASCs are under increasing pressure to capture, track and report key quality indicators (QI) and outcomes data. As evidence of this, one need look no further than CMS and leading ASC accreditation bodies.