Gabrielle White, RN, is the executive director of ambulatory services and network development at Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, Calif. Ms. White explains the growing trend of bundled payments and how this trend will affect ambulatory surgery centers.
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Skyline Medical installed the first FDA-approved STREAMWAY System, a direct-to-drain system for fluid waste management, a few months ago. Since then, a large ambulatory surgery center chain has doubled its order and the company reported massive revenue increase during…
Surgery center administrators bear a great deal of responsibility for their center's performance and daily operations. Finding the key to an engaged staff is one of the best actions administrators can take to fulfill that commitment.
Moses Cone Surgery Center in Greensboro, N.C., recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and its ongoing focus on community service, according to a Fox News report.
Laser Spine Institute began as a spine-focused ambulatory surgery center in Tampa, Fla., and since 2005 has expanded to include five ASCs across the country, counting the most recent one in The Woodlands, Texas, outside Houston. Dotty Bollinger, President and…
Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) government affairs specialists suggest seven ways for ambulatory surgery center leaders to become industry advocates and have a positive impact on healthcare policy and legislation.
Richard DeMaio, MD, board-certified otolaryngologist, has joined the physician team at Hudson Valley Ambulatory Surgery in Middletown, N.Y.
Robert Knox, RN, is the surgery center director of Texas Orthopedics Surgery Center in Austin. Mr. Knox has been with the center for nine years. He has worked in a number of hospitals and traveling companies, but his current center…
Here are five ways ambulatory surgery centers administrators can cut costs by containing staffing costs.
As healthcare changes, ambulatory surgery centers face myriad challenges and uncertainties. While each individual center can strive to address these issues, it is important to remember the power of a collective voice. Tracy Hoeft-Hoffman, RN, MSN, MBA, CASC, administrator of…
