ASC News

When it comes to reducing healthcare costs, physicians are most enthusiastic about promoting a care continuum and eliminating fraud, according to a new survey published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Here are 10 stories about total joint replacement procedures at ambulatory surgery centers covering how ASCs can build a program, optimize billing and avoid clinical issues.

Corporate cleaning company Health Point Clean Solutions has expanded its affiliation with United Surgical Partners by adding the Surgery Center Scottsdale.

  The rules, regulations and cost of employee benefits will fluctuate over the coming years based on healthcare reform's individual mandate, employer mandate and health insurance exchanges.

Chuck Lauer, Former Publisher of Modern Healthcare and Author, Public Speaker and Career Coach, talks about what a round of golf can say about a person's character.

Michelle Punshon is the administrative director of Musculoskeletal Ambulatory Surgery Centers at Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Bradenton, Fla. When she first came to the Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine surgery centers she focused on maximizing reimbursement to increase…

  Lee Lasris, a board-certified health law attorney and founding partner of Florida Health Law Center in Davie, discusses how ambulatory surgery centers are fitting into today's healthcare environment and where their role might be headed in the future.

Here are 16 statistics on physician preferences for payment models now and in the future for key ambulatory surgery center specialties based on the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2013.

Thirty-three percent of physicians report that at their primary work setting, physicians can communicate with patients via texts or email, according to Deloitte's 2013 Survey of U.S. Physicians.

Here are the five most common ways in which fraud occurs, and procedures that can help prevent fraud, according to an American Association of Orthopaedic Executives brief.