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Surgery centers that depend heavily on specialties like ophthalmology, GI/endoscopy and pain management may struggle to remain profitable, as CMS institutes meager increases to reimbursement and commercial payors follow suit. Reed Martin, chief operating officer for Surgical Management Professionals, discusses…

Here are nine statistics on facility size, PP&E and number of operating/procedure rooms in ASCs, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty Intellimarker 2011. Note: Dollar amounts are in thousands.

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With increasing costs and decreasing reimbursements coming in the next year, it will be important for ambulatory surgery centers to cut overhead costs where possible to realize an impact on the bottom line. "Almost any cuts in overhead costs will…

Many surgery centers are considering the addition of spine surgery, a specialty that can boost profitability due to its high per-case revenue. This specialty is particularly appropriate for surgery centers already performing orthopedics because much of the necessary equipment may…

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