Tags: ASD Management | Bayou Region Surgical Center | growth | Louisiana | volume

Bayou Region Surgical Center, in Thibodaux, La., is a multispecialty ASC that operates as a 50-50 partnership between physician investors and a subsidiary of the local community hospital, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, and is managed by ASD Management. Here's how it increased patient revenue by 8 percent and net income by 20 percent last year, according to Tona Savoie, the ASC's administrative director. Click to continue »  

Tags: AMGA | compensation | Forbes | general surgeons | region | salary

Here are 15 statistics about general surgeons' compensation.

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Tags: Joyce Deno | profitability | Regent Surgical Health | service line | surgery center

In a tenuous economy with declining reimbursements, many ASCs are simply hunkering down to see how the healthcare reform landscape will shape up before making any bold moves. Still, says Joyce Deno, chief operations officer for the Eastern Region of Regent Surgical Health, there are ways ASCs can begin testing out some newer procedures that hold promise for their clinical and financial futures. She shares some of her thoughts here on procedures some of Regent's 16 ASCs have recently added that have been panning out well during the past year or two. Click to continue »  

Tags: physician distributions | surgery center | Tennessee

The Upper Cumberland Physicians Surgery Center grew distributions by 125 percent in 2009. This significant distribution growth was the result of accomplishing several strategic initiatives. Click to continue »  

Tags: ASC procedures | highest paying procedures | Matt Lau | Regent Surgical Health

Here is a chart provided by Matt Lau, director of financial analysis for Regent Surgical Health, of 10 of the best paying ASC procedures (offering average ranges of reimbursements) from selected Regent Surgical Health ASCs for the 2009 calendar year.

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Tags: Janet Cordovano | Moore Orthopaedic Clinic | revenue | South Carolina | staffing costs | surgery center

The Moore Orthopaedic Clinic ASC in Lexington, S.C., is a multi-specialty, two OR, one procedure room facility. In 2009, our center increased its revenues by 112 percent over 2008. As nurse manager of the center, I work with our team at the ASC and with Practice Partners in Healthcare, our managing partner, to deploy best practices. Here are four best practices we took to more than double our revenue.

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Tags: Forbes | general surgeons | region | salary

Here are regional and historical salary statistics about the average salaries of general surgeons, according to Forbes.

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Tags: education | executives | recruiting | Witt/Kieffer

Witt/Kieffer, the nation's largest healthcare executive search firm, reported the following trends for executives it placed in healthcare and education in 2008, the latest available year. The company conducts more than 400 healthcare executive searches each year.

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Tags: ASC Coalition | growth | KNG Health Consulting | reimbursement | specialities | surgery centers

A June 2009 report on ASC growth by KNG Health Consulting, on behalf of the ASC Coalition, listed the following factors contributing to ASC growth.

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Tags: compensation | physicians | population | specialists | statistics

The Center for Studying Health System Change released the following findings from the 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey, the latest year available.

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