ASC News

Hospitals and physician-groups in several markets are exploring accountable care organizations, and many are choosing to participate. As a result, surgery centers are assessing whether they should join or if it would make more sense to go in a different…

Lloyd Guthrie, vice president of accountable health networks at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo., discusses accountable care ACOs and the beneficial payment models for ambulatory surgery centers in the future.

Here are eight steps for surgery center administrators to create a culture of growth and innovation at their facilities.

Here are eight surgery centers located in small towns and rural areas.

This article is written by Derek Singleton of Software Advice.There's been a lot of speculation about what will happen to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — commonly referred to as ObamaCare — if Mitt Romney is elected in November. Although…

Helene Medley, administrator of Charleston (S.C.) Surgery Center, an affiliate of Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA), recently introduced spine cases to her surgery center. Here she shares seven ideas she picked up through the process of implementing the new specialty.

Here are four best practices to improve efficiency at ASCs.

Payer+Provider Syndicate President Adam C. Powell, Ph.D., discusses the ambulatory surgery center as a disruptive force among healthcare providers and how ASCs can leverage this power in their market.

2013 will bring inevitable changes to the surgery center industry: the introduction of mandatory quality reporting in late 2012, planned cuts to governmental physician payments at the beginning of the year, and most likely the increase of joint ventures, mergers…

Blayne Rush, MHP, MBA, is the president of Ambulatory Alliances. Here are five of his tips for ASC physician-owners to recruit other physicians to their practice.