Average Surgery Center Staff Hours Per Case By Total Case Volume

Here are the average staff hours per case for employees in ASCs by the total number of cases a surgery center performs annually, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.

1. Nursing staff

• All facilities — 6.3 hours/case
• Less than 3,000 cases — 6.7 hours/case
• 3,000-5,999 cases  — 6.7 hours/case
• More than 5,999 cases — 5.8 hours/case

2. Technical staff

• All facilities — 2.5 hours/case
• Less than 3,000 cases — 3.1 hours/case
• 3,000-5,999 cases — 2.6 hours/case
• More than 5,999 cases — 2.4 hours/case

3. Administrative* staff

• All facilities — 4.1 hours/case
• Less than 3,000 cases — 5.0 hours/case
• 3,000-5,999 cases — 4.5 hours/case
• More than 5,999 cases — 3.8 hours/case

4. Administrator

• All facilities — 0.5 hours/case
• Less than 3,000 cases — 1.1 hours/case
• 3,000-5,999 cases — 0.6 hours/case
• More than 5,999 cases — 0.3 hours/case

5. Total hours per case

• All facilities — 11.6 hours/case
• Less than 3,000 cases — 15.5 hours/case
• 3,000-5,999 cases — 12.8 hours/case
• More than 5,999 cases — 10.6 hours/case

* "Administrative staff" can include all employees other than nurse and tech FTEs. Depending on what the ASC outsources with respect to back office functions (billing/ collections, mgmt services, accounting, HR, etc.), this can include receptionists, administrators, insurance verifiers, schedulers, transcriptionists, coders, billing/collections staff, medical records staff and accounts payable staff.

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