Puget Sound Surgical Center in Edmonds, Wash., has added Jedediah A. Kaufman, MD, to the surgical team.
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Voyance and the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association announced that in the first week of launching the ASCA Benchmarking Program, it exceeded anticipated enrollment and participation levels.
The pre-admission process makes a big impact on the surgery center, whether positively or negatively.
EmployerDirect CEO Tom D. Johnston, JD, discusses trends in the self-insured employer market and how ambulatory surgery centers can take advantage of opportunities to serve their patients today. EmployerDirect provides a supplemental healthcare benefit for employers that directs planned medical…
Donald Johnson, MD, has owned and practiced at Southeastern Spine Institute in Mount Pleasant, S.C., for nearly 24 years. In the last five years, he added an ambulatory surgery center. The practice now includes 10 physicians, 13 physician assistants and…
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Ambulatory surgery center leaders often assume acquiring bad debt is part of doing business. However, it isn't a necessary byproduct of the industry. Clint Sallee, President and CEO of Fidelity Creditor Service, discusses the misconceptions about bad debt and how…
Physician recruitment is a large factor in ambulatory surgery center growth. New physicians bring new cases and open up the possibility of adding new procedures, specialties or investment. Physician recruitment is undeniably attractive for surgery centers, but many centers are…
On Sept. 23, 2013, the new HIPAA omnibus final rule goes into effect. There are several updates ambulatory surgery centers need to address to become compliant with the new regulations.
This article is written by Carole C. Foos, CPA, and David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, OJM Group.Choosing the form and structure of one's ambulatory surgery center (ASC) is an important decision. Most advisors to ASCs believe that the avoidance of…
Reprinted from EndoEconomicsTM Aug. 2013 with permission from Physicians Endoscopy. This article is written by Robert McGuirl, principal of the Law Offices of Robert J. McGuirl, LLC.Litigation tends to rise during trying times. Problems and issues with economic consequence which…