ASC News

A group of Pennsylvania ASCs and the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority have collaborated successfully on nursing protocols to reduce day-of-surgery cancellations, according to an announcement from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory.

Here are 10 statistics about ophthalmology-driven ambulatory surgery centers from the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

In an abeo blog post, Lori Steger discusses five ways to maintain financial health and success at an ambulatory surgery center.

Here are 11 recent stories on leadership and management in medical practices, beginning with the most recent.

A majority of physicians who had not implemented an electronic health record system say that they had not done so because of cost issues, according to "A Survey of America's Physicians: Practice Patterns and Perspectives," released by The Physicians Foundation.

Narrowing networks among insurance providers have been a trend for years, accelerated by healthcare reform implementation. Ambulatory surgery centers are now deciding whether to squeeze into narrowing networks or take their chances outside of them.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national annual mean wage for physician assistants is $92,460.

Good time management typically results in higher productivity and lower stress levels, according to a MindTools resource.

Here are 14 statistics on the United States regions compensating the most and least for key ambulatory surgery center specialties based on the Medscape Physician Compensation Report: 2013.

The American College of Surgeons issued new standards for pediatric safety for both inpatient and outpatient pediatric surgical facilities.