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Currently, around 66 percent of physicians say they use electronic health records to meet meaningful use stage one requirements, according to the Deloitte 2013 Survey of U.S. Physicians.

Accountable care organizations are appearing in communities across the nation. Jon Friesen, chief financial officer, U.S. Operations, of Nueterra discusses how ACO formation impacts ASCs, whether it's smart to participate and how ASCs can leverage their position in the market…

1. HHS mandated auditsInvestigations by the Office for Civil Rights related to compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act will no longer be initiated by only complaints and self-reported breaches. Section 13411 of the HITECH Act requires HHS…

Here 11 ambulatory surgery center administrators and leaders from across the country explain how their centers distinguish themselves.

1. Focus your media buy. Unlike hospitals, surgery centers typically aren't targeting a broad range of patient needs. Centers should instead identify a narrower patient market to pursue through local media outlets and advertising, said Scott Christiansen, CEO of CORE…

Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations of Meridian Surgical Partners, shares five benchmarks ambulatory surgery centers should benchmark on a weekly basis.

Here are five trends on physician perspective of the United States healthcare system, addressing healthcare reform, industry consolidation, compensation, accountable care organizations and physician opinions on the future. The data is based on the Deloitte's Physician Perspectives Survey.

Tom Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of MedHQ, and John Merski Jr., executive director of human resources at MedHQ, discussed human resources costs for surgery centers and related changes under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a recent webinar…

Here are 10 statistics on general surgeon compensation based on the Medscape Surgeon Compensation Report: 2012 Results.

Here are 22 statistics on average ambulatory surgery center financials, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.