The ASC Quality Collaboration (ASCQC), an independent, nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to advancing patient safety and quality of care delivery in ASCs, has announced that its ASC Safety & Quality Assessment is now open for its second year.
Nearly 400 ASCs participated in the 2025 assessment, and ASCQC hopes even more will participate this year to evaluate their performance against nationally recognized best practices.
“Centers that participated last year came away with concrete insights they could act on — and that value only grows as more ASCs join in,” says ASCQC Assistant Executive Director Becky Ziegler-Otis, MHA, CASC, CHC, RHIA, CPHQ. “The richer the dataset, the stronger the benchmarking becomes for everyone. We hope ASC leaders will share this opportunity with their peers and help build a national resource the entire industry can draw from.”
According to ASCQC, the assessment addresses “a broad range of clinical and operational areas, including patient safety, patient experience, quality and performance improvement, infection prevention, medication management, and governance.”
“The report enables leaders to see how their center compares to peers nationwide and to communicate their commitment to quality to patients, payors, physicians and the communities they serve,” states ASCQC.
The online survey, available at no cost to any ASC, takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, assuming participants have gathered the required information listed on the assessment’s webpage in advance, according to ASCQC. The survey itself can also be accessed via the above link as well.
The six-week submission window for the 2026 ASC Safety & Quality Assessment runs through June 15. Each participating ASC will receive a customized benchmarking report once the submission period ends. All individual center data remains confidential and will not be published.
“The response to our inaugural assessment demonstrated that surgery centers across the country are eager for credible, actionable data to guide their quality efforts,” says ASCQC Executive Director Nina Goins, MSN, RN. “As we open the second annual assessment, our goal is to expand that dataset and deepen the value it delivers — not just for individual centers, but for the ASC industry as a whole. Whether your center participated last year or is joining us for the first time, now is the time to get involved.”
ASCQC claims that the data gathered in the 2025 survey has “already begun shaping how the ASC industry approaches benchmarking and improvement. Findings have informed conversations around best practices, helped centers identify gaps in their safety and quality processes, and reinforced the value ASCs deliver to patients, payors, and their communities.”
