ASC News

Starting a brand new practice as a concierge physician or transitioning your current practice to concierge medicine is not easy, according to an American Academy of Private Physicians blog post.

Nearly half of physicians are confident or very confident that their electronic health record system will be viable in five years, according to a national survey commissioned by Medical Economics and administered by MPI Group.

Tristan Bickman, MD, is the latest physician addition to La Peer Health Systems in Los Angeles. Dr. Bickman is a board-certified gynecologist and will join La Peer's Surgical Gynecology Division of Excellence.

Here are five common ambulatory surgery center management mistakes that impact ASC revenue and culture.

Here are 12 statistics on ambulatory surgery center gross charges for ASCs with one or two operating rooms based on the VMG Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

In a Forbes article, Tanya Prive, a contributing writer, lays out the qualities that make a person a successful and respected leader.

The Putnam County Hospital Foundation of Unionville, Mo.-based Putnam County Hospital has received a $2,500 grant through the America's Farmers Grow Communities Monsanto Fund, which it plans to use to buy equipment for the surgery center it opened in April…

Nueterra Healthcare has partnered with Michael Crovetti, MD, and his Total Joint Outpatient Program and Care Suites model in Henderson, Nev., according to a Nueterra blog post.

Ambulatory surgery centers can't afford to leave money on the table and have little time to spare for internal claims audits.

Joseph Burkhardt, DO, an orthopedic surgeon with Great Lakes Bone and Joint Center and Meridian Surgical Partners' Brookside Surgery Center in Battle Creek, Mich., answers questions about his experience with outpatient knee surgery and the benefits of customized implants.