ASC News

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…

Here are 60 statistics on staffing ratios in surgery centers, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Here are 32 surgery center industry leaders who — despite their continued success, far-reaching influence and deep knowledge of the industry — have yet to reach age 40.

In today's changing healthcare environment, hospitals and surgery centers are looking for innovative ways for alignment and partnership to provide the best care for their patients and maintain a healthy business.

Chicago White Sox pitcher John Danks will undergo exploratory surgery today at Rush University Surgery Center in Chicago, according to a Daily Chronicle report.

Here are 10 surgery centers celebrating their 20th anniversary this year.

Jared Leger, president and CEO of Arise Healthcare, discusses major issues facing the ASC industry, as well as what surgery centers can do to combat challenges like hospital employment, declining reimbursement and the disappearance of out-of-network.

Luke Lambert, CEO of ASCOA, discusses the biggest issues facing the ASC industry, the growth of hospital ownership and power, and where growth opportunities exist for surgery centers in the next few years.