ASTS Business Practice Services

ASTS business practice services facilitate members' understanding of the business aspect of transplantation, and provide education and guidance on transplant management and regulatory issues.

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Newly Announced: The ASTS Leadership Development Program
The Premier Executive Management Course Designed Exclusively for the Field of Transplantation November 7-9, 2010 in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  Registration opens July 2010

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Current Initiatives:

• 2010 Transplant Surgeon Compensation Survey - Staff and leadership level reports were released in June 2010 and are now available in the ASTS store. 
  
  
• Business Practice Seminar focusing on Achieving and Rewarding Excellence in the Transplant Team and Deciphering Health Care Reform: Legislation to Implementation. The seminar will take place during the ASTS 11th annual Winter Symposium, Hollywood, FL, January 13-16, 2011.
  
  
• Online policy and procedures library designed to be available as a subscription service
  
  
• Best practices consulting services
  
  
• Mock Medicare Survey Program: Provides a service to ASTS members including a review of policies and procedures and compliance in advance of Medicare audits.
  

"The Mock Medicare Survey was absolutely wonderful and tremendously helpful to me, my staff and the organization. I cannot stress enough how amazing the surveyors were. They were a huge breath of fresh air for me and helped me out greatly as the Transplant Administrator within my organization. It was EXACTLY what I needed for my program. I hope that other centers invest in this amazing opportunity that ASTS is offering."   -  Michelle Roberts, RN, BSN, CCRN, PHN, MBA, Scripps Green Hospital

"The ASTS Mock Medicare Survey at our center was very helpful in ways I wouldn’t have guessed. It really helped the staff and doctors that were being interviewed have a sense of what to expect, relieved anxiety, and we were able to help them think through any poor responses. CMS came a week later, and ended up leaving two days earlier than scheduled because they said it was such an efficient process we’d arranged. The CMS audit went very well."  -  Glenn Halff, MD, Director, Transplant Center, University of Texas

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For more information about ASTS Business Practice Services, please contact Laurie Kulikosky, ASTS Director of Strategic Development at laurie.kulikosky@asts.org or (703) 414-1607.

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