Chicago (ASC Communications) November 3, 2008 — The November issue of Becker’s ASC Review is now available online and covers hot topics such as women leaders, information technology, turnaround facilities, and billing and collections.
The issue also addresses subjects such as electronic medical records, gastroenterology (GI) and otolaryngology (ENT), top legal issues and benchmarking. Highlights include stories discussing critical statistics a surgery center should track monthly, 39 women leaders, practical guidance to grow GI and ENT, a year in review from Kathy Bryant, president of the ASC Association and top legal issues facing surgery centers according to Scott Becker of McGuireWoods.
One of the cover stories focuses on 39 women leaders to know in the ASC industry. This list includes presidents of national associations, presidents, CEOs and COOs of major surgery center companies and administrators and CEOs of individual surgery centers. The other cover story discusses 17 critical statistics a surgery center should gather and review monthly, with insights from Boyd Faust of Titan Health and Joseph Zasa of Woodrum/Ambulatory Surgery Develpoment.
Other feature articles include profiles of seven ASC turnaround centers and 12 IT companies serving the ASC industry; best practices to grow ENT with insight from Dr. Jeffrey Kunkes; and benchmarks and practical guidance to improve billing and collections with tips from Vickie Sanders of Nueterra Healthcare and Dawn Gray of Serbin Surgery Center Billing.
There are also a number of columns contributed by industry experts. Mr. Zasa discusses the elements of an ASC turnaround; Paul Faraclas of CTQ Solutions analyzes how effective use of IT can optimize financial performance; Tyler Merrill of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America offers four methods to increase case volume; John Goehle of Facility Development & Management outlines five things to know about electronic medical records in ASCs; and Hunter Howard of MediGain discusses 11 ways that surgery centers lose money and how to plug these holes.
The January issue of Becker’s ASC Review will focus on 40 ASC management companies to know, anesthesia, bariatrics, general surgery, gynecology, purchasing best practices, 20 great ASCs to work at and several other critical business and legal issues.
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