After visiting several healthcare facilities, including Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center, U.S. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) said she would likely sign the proposed bill to close the gap in Medicare reimbursement between ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments, according to…
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Here are four things that administrators do to prepare for the future from Michelle Dickison, Regional Vice President, Operations, for Meridian Surgical Partners.
Ambulatory surgery center administrators frequently attribute a large part of their center's success to its staff. Knowing that choosing the correct staff can help make or break an ASC, it is crucial to know how to find those people that…
Amsurg has added femtosecond lasers to nine surgery center locations since last year.
Here are 10 statistics on case volume for ambulatory surgery centers based on the VMG Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.
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Ambulatory surgery centers are not immune to the tumultuous healthcare industry, and every day ASC owners will come up against major threats to maintaining a successful practice.
Brooke Day, administrator of Hastings (Neb.) Surgical Center and Keith Smith, MD, administrator of Surgery Center of Oklahoma discuss six issues surgery center leaders need to take into consideration when making the decision to add a specialty.
There were 5,344 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers in the United States in 2011, the most recent year for which MedPAC released data, a jump from 4,033 centers in 2004. Traditionally, Medicare and government payers are among the lowest reimbursing…
Eleven ambulatory surgery center administrators discuss how they are addressing the challenges their centers are currently facing.
This article is written by Brooke A. Day, administrator and business office manager at Hastings Surgical Center. The amount of information presented to each individual on a daily basis can often be overwhelming based upon the number of tools…