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NYC Hospital for Special Surgery's Best Practices Keep SSIs Lowest in the State
(Matching tags: Hospital for Special Surgery,SSI,best practices) The NYC Hospital for Special Surgery is the only New York hospital with a surgical site infection rate significantly lower than the state average for hip replacement for the second year in a row, according ... -
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Critical Steps to Improving Medical Records: Q&A With Dr. James Leavitt of Galloway Endoscopy Center
(Matching tags: Galloway Endoscopy Center,AAAHC,medical records,best practices) James Leavitt, MD, president of Galloway Endoscopy Center in Miami, highlights one of the biggest challenges for meeting the accreditation standards of the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health ... -
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3 Best Practices for Successful Recruitment of Physicians: Best Practices From Post Street Surgery Center in San Francisco
(Matching tags: staff recruitment,San Francisco,Post Street Surgery Center,best practices) Business Administrator Sarah Sterling of Post Street Surgery Center in San Francisco provides some of the surgery center's best practices in successfully recruiting physicians. ... -
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5 Best Practices for Maintaining Accreditation in Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASCs
(Matching tags: Greenspring Surgery Center,best practices,accreditation) Administrator Georganna Howell of Baltimore-based Greenspring Surgery Center shares the orthopedic and pain management surgery center's best practices in maintaining accreditation. ... -
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3 Best Practices to Keep Costs Low While Growing a GI-Driven ASC
(Matching tags: Endoscopy Center of St. Louis,maintain cost,best practices) Administrator Parth Zaveri and Clinical Manager Susan Rahn of the Endoscopy Center of St. Louis, which has expanded to two centers in the past five years, share three of the facility's best practices to ... -
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3 Best Practices to Keep Costs Low While Growing a GI-Driven ASC
(Matching tags: Endoscopy Center of St. Louis,maintaining cost,best practices) Administrator Parth Zaveri and Clinical Manager Susan Rahn of the Endoscopy Center of St. Louis, which has expanded to two centers in the past five years, share three of the facility's best practices to ... -
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Best Practices to Perform Reappointment Processes in a Consistent and Timely Manner: Q&A With Dr. Jack Egnatinsky of AAAHC
(Matching tags: AAAHC,Jack Egnatinsky,reappointment,best practices) Jack Egnatinsky, MD, is one of three medical directors at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and has been an active surveyor with the organization since 1996. -
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APIC Publishes Guide on Hemodialysis Infection Prevention
(Matching tags: best practices,APIC) The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has published a Guide to the Elimination of Infections in Hemodialysis in an effort to establish universally accepted best practices ... -
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5 Initiatives Lead to Strong Growth in a Weak Economy: Louisville Surgery Center
(Matching tags: best practices,profits,Kentucky,ASD Management,Louisville Surgery Center) Louisville (Ky.) Surgery Center is a multi-specialty surgery center with seven physicians that partnered with ASD Management at the end of 2008. Here's how it achieved strong results in 2009, including ... -
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6 Keys to Hiring Outstanding ASC Administrators With Greg Zoch of Kaye/Bassman
(Matching tags: administrators,best practices,hiring,Greg Zoch) Effective, outstanding leadership is critical for any ASC's success, and hiring the right person as your administrator requires a few important considerations. Greg Zoch, partner with Kaye/Bassman International, ... -
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Chuck Lauer: 10 Points on Leadership
(Matching tags: best practices,transparency,managers,Chuck Lauer,leadership) 1. Leading is not the same as managing. There is a huge difference between managing and leading. "Leaders do the right thing and managers do things right," it has been said. While managers focus on working ... -
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8 Best Practices for Establishing and Improving Pain Management in Your ASC
(Matching tags: efficiency,pain management,best practices,reimbursement,interventional pain management) Pain management can be a successful specialty for ASCs looking to add or enhance this line of revenue to their centers. According to the VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker, around 17 percent of surgery centers' ... -
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3 Simple Best Practices for Successful Surgery Center Billing Processes From Manitowoc Surgery Center
(Matching tags: billing,best practices,Wisconsin,Manitowoc Surgery Center) Jan Kohlbeck, a billing and reimbursement coordinator with more than 20 years of experience, and Kate Willhite, executive director of Manitowoc (Wis.) Surgery Center, share three simple best practices ... -
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Best Practices to Address Surgeon Late Arrival
(Matching tags: best practices,surgeons,reader response,arrival,late start) ... showed up late, what best practices did you follow to address this challenge? ... -
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14 Best Practices to Improve Patient Satisfaction in an Orthopedic Unit
(Matching tags: best practices,patient satisfaction,Illinois,Gottlieb Memorial Hospital) The Orthopaedic Joint Reconstruction Program at 250-bed Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill., achieved an outstanding score in the 99th percentile range in the first quarter of 2009 on CMS' ... -
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5 Best Practices for Preparing for the Future: What Your Orthopedic and Spine Practice Should Do to Thrive Now and After the Recession
(Matching tags: orthopedics,spine,best practices,economy,practices) Now is a good time for practices with a leaner appointment book to assess their needs and decide how to position the practice for the future. Here are five best practices to follow that will help your ... -
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9 Best Practices for Successful Physician/Hospital Joint-Venture ASCs
(Matching tags: physicians,joint venture,best practices,hospitals) As competition intensifies and reimbursement becomes less certain, hospitals and physicians are increasingly exploring partnering in joint-venture ASCs. Both are finding numerous economic, marketing and ... -
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10 Best Practices for Improving GI-Efficiency in ASCs
(Matching tags: surgery centers,gastroenterology,efficiency,best practices) Outpatient GI procedures have taken a big reimbursement hit from Medicare and frequently private payors follow suit with additional cuts. That makes it even more critical for ASCs to focus on internal ... -
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10 GI and Endoscopy Managed Care Best Practices
(Matching tags: Medicare,gastroenterology,best practices,endoscopy,managed care,Matt Kilton) ... baby boomers become Medicare beneficiaries. In spite of lowering reimbursements, incorporating a best-practice approach to managed care can lead to ongoing success when providing GI and endoscopy services. ... -
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11 Ways to Improve Efficiency, Quality and Profitability in Ophthalmology
(Matching tags: quality,ophthalmology,efficiency,best practices,profitability) As Medicare incentivizes ophthalmalogists to perform more procedures outside of hospitals, ASCs are luring more of them to do not only the traditional cataract surgeries, but also corneal transplants and ... -
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6 Best Practices for Proper Disposal of Pharmaceutical Waste
(Matching tags: best practices,EPA,pharmaceutical waste,Justin Funk,Gregory McKenna) ASCs strive to offer a quality of care and operate at a level of excellence that at least meets the standards set by hospitals, and ASCs are often successful are exceeding these standards. But one area ...
