ASC News

The Bend (Ore.) Surgery Center Foundation has awarded $29,500 in scholarships to recent high school graduates who plan on pursuing a career in the healthcare field, according to a KTVZ report.

According to center policies, all patients deemed appropriate for procedures performed at the center are to be interviewed in order to collect a comprehensive patient history, to include medications, and to identify inherently dangerous patient conditions. Patients are to be…

Here are five smart tips for successful surgery centers.

Here are five simple tips for becoming a more successful and efficient ASC from four industry leaders — Stephen Rosenbaum, CEO, of Interventional Spine & Pain Management; Joesph Zasa, co-founder and managing partner of ASD Management; Blayne Rush, MHP, MBA,…

Here are 30 statistics on surgery center employee compensation, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Ambulatory surgery centers being built and upgraded today focus on both the clinical aspects of care and the experience of patients and their families. "We are approaching ambulatory surgery center design as a way to create a less institutional feel…

Here are 145 women leaders in the surgery center industry who work tirelessly to oversee surgery center operations, orchestrate ASC purchases and partnerships, improve clinical quality, advocate for surgery centers on the political stage or otherwise benefit the industry.

Growth of Medicare volume in ASCs continues to creep upwards, with surgery centers performing 6.6 million procedures for Medicare beneficiaries in 2011 — an increase of 3 percent from 2010.

Here are six advantages of surgery center investment for physicians.

With reimbursements declining and business expenses rising, surgery centers are looking for new ways to cover costs. For some surgery centers, the answer might be building a program for cash-pay patients to attract and accommodate for people without insurance or…