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At the 19th annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 26, Jennifer Brown, RN, endoscopy nurse manager of Gastroenterology Associates of Central Virginia, and Tim Meakem, MD, medical director of ProVation Medical, discussed how to eliminate the barriers…

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 26, John Seitz, CEO of Mange My ASC, and Tamar Glaser, RN, president of Manage My ASC, gave the top five measures of success for ambulatory service centers.

At the 19th Annual Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on October 27, Nicholas Colyvas, MD, chief medical officer, Healthcare Strategy & Research Consultants, shared best practices for co-management arrangements between physicians and ASCs.Co-management arrangements have grown in popularity in recent…

Patients have a lot of power with their healthcare decisions today, and this is one of the main foundations of why ambulatory surgery centers should consider direct marketing in their service areas.

Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn — the social media networks are the bread and butter for many companies today, and ASCs that don't embrace the mediums may fall behind those in the industry that do.

Spine is well-known as a profitable surgery center specialty, hence the recent rush to implement spine procedures at ASCs across the country. Sandi Baber, regional vice president of operations for Meridian Surgical Partners, discusses five steps to make sure your…

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on October 25, Vice President of Development and Acquisitions Brandon Frazier and Vice President of Acquisitions and Development Jeff Peo, of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America, gave presentation titled “Adding…

As healthcare organizations prepare for the radical changes ahead, physicians are being recruited more to become top-level executives and leaders.

There are a lot of headwinds in the ambulatory surgery center industry right now, and this may force the ASC industry to move toward co-management agreements with hospitals and a general hospital outpatient department model.

The ambulatory surgery center industry faces numerous challenges — from flat reimbursement adjustments to increased regulatory oversight — but ASCs that add spine cases may be able to put their facility in a better position to succeed.