Ambulatory Surgery Center Medical Director Resources

As Anesthesiology Medical Directors, on the one hand, we provide medical care to our patients. SAMBA provides  statements and  guidelines to improve medical management:

• Preoperative risk assessment calls, information gathering, and patient selection

• Perioperative pain management, multimodal analgesia, and regional anesthesia.

• Consultations and Intraoperative care

• Post-operative care, discharge

• Complication management and transfers

On the other hand, Medical Directors are also the Chief Medical Officers of the facility and have additional responsibilities:

• Design and implementation, with the administrative team, the facility's competitive advantage

• Leadership and team building

• Patient experience and satisfaction

• Surgeon selection and surgeon satisfaction

• Scheduling and block time management

• Patient safety and quality management

• Quality measures, benchmarks, SQI

• Staff management, scheduling conflicts, and medication management

• Credentialing and recredentialing

• Policies, procedures, medical executive committee, governing board

Quality/Outcomes

• ASCQR – Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting (CMS)

• NACOR – National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (AQI - CMS)

• AQI – Anesthesia Quality Institute

• MACRA/MIPS – Merit Based Incentive Payment Systems (CMS)

• MPOG – Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group

• ASC Quality Collaboration

• ASA Committee on Performance and Outcomes Measurement

Links

• Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA)
• CMS Manual
• Manual of Practice Management for Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• The Joint Commission – Joint Commission Online (Weekly news about The Joint Commission's standards and on-site survey, patient safety, and more.)

Past Medical Director Meeting Materials

• Medical Directors and Leaders Summit Brochure Archive

• 2023 SAMBA ASC Medical Directors & Leaders Summit

• 2022 SAMBA ASC Medical Directors & Leaders Virtual Summit

• 2021 ASC Medical Directors & Leaders Virtual Summit

Videos

Fresenius Kabi Sponsored Webinar – Drug Diversion Risks in the Ambulatory Setting: Challenges and Opportunities to Protect Yourself
Presented by: Keith Berge, MD and Kimberly New, JD, BSN, RN
Recorded: June 2, 2021

SAMBA Webinar - What Medical Directors Should Know about Infection Prevention in ASCs
Presented/Moderated by: Leopoldo Rodriguez, MD, FASA
Recorded: September 25, 2019