Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for May 12, 2014.
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Satisfied and engaged staff members are integral to the success of ambulatory surgery centers, and incentives that go beyond financial ones, can help further raise and maintain employee morale.
A majority of physicians employed by healthcare organizations spend one to nine hours per week on paperwork and administration, according to the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2014.
Medical tourism is a growing market in healthcare and some ambulatory surgery centers are taking advantage of these patients, according to an HIT Consultant report.
The following are three steps for collecting and interpreting data on what consumers need out of your products or services, compiled from a Harvard Business Review blog post.
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The following were the most-often performed ASC procedures by specialty in California in 2013, according to the state's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development:
A bill that would have allowed ambulatory surgery centers to keep patients up to three days after their operations has failed to pass the Florida House, according to a report from the Tampa Bay Times.
The ambulatory surgery center industry is no longer a young business. The rapid growth of centers has led to stiff competition, and hospital market control has only added to the struggle to succeed. Luke Lambert, CEO of Ambulatory Surgical Centers…
According to the 2014 HealthCare Appraisers ASC Valuation Survey, the typical management fee ranges from 3 percent to 7 percent of the ambulatory surgery center's net revenue.
Here are six productivity tips and tricks that CEOs use, according to an article on The Muse: