Ambulatory surgery centers may turn to outsourcing as a cost-cutting strategy, but experts caution that it is important to ask the right questions of potential vendors to avoid incurring unexpected fees and costs down the line.
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More surgery centers are struggling due to decreased reimbursement, saturated physician markets and increased regulations. Paul Skowron, senior vice president of operations for Regent Surgical Health, discusses eight ways to improve profits at a financially troubled surgery center.
Angela McComb, Director of Managed Care with ASD Management, discusses five steps for surgery center administrators to negotiate top rates with insurance companies.
Although overall physician engagement took a slight hit last year, more physicians in 2011 believed their organizations would be successful in the coming years compared with 2010, according to results from "The State of Staff Physician Engagement: 2011 in Review."
Chance Sherer, manager with VMG Health, discusses several benchmarks that ASC administrators often forget to include in their data collection efforts.
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Surgery centers can improve profitability in two basic ways: cut costs or increase volume. With payors cutting off referrals to out-of-network surgery centers and hospitals employing physicians, the task of increasing physician volume is becoming more challenging. Ten surgery center…
Marisa Manley, president of Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, discusses four important ways to assess spatial efficiency in ASCs and use that data to lower costs.
Here are 10 surgery center leaders who dedicate their expertise to improving patient care, increasing profits, building partnerships and serving physicians within the ambulatory surgery center industry.
Hospitals are losing millions of revenue from canceled outpatient surgeries, according to a study conducted by researchers at Tulane University Medical Center.
How do healthcare employees feel about the current job market, and how many plan to explore other employment options? The following statistics are from the April 2012 Randstad Engagement Index, which measures attitudes and perceptions that influence employee engagement across…