ASC News

Here are 20 statistics on ASC patient revenues and operating expenses, according to VMG Health’s Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. All numbers are averages.  Patient RevenuesGross charges: $29,979,000Adjustments: $10,288,000Net revenue: $7,736,000 Operating ExpensesEmployee salary and wages: $1,552,000Taxes and benefits: $359,000Occupancy costs:…

Here are 15 statistics on surgeon compensation for key ambulatory surgery center specialties based on data from Medscape's Physician Compensation Report 2012. The report is based on data collected in February 2012 and includes 24,216 physician respondents.

Five ambulatory surgery center industry leaders share tips for cutting costs and boosting profits.

Here are 10 ambulatory surgery centers that recently announced or completed expansion plans.

ASCA has outlined a few ways the Supreme Court's ruling on healthcare reform affects ambulatory surgery centers.

S. Adam Ramin, MD, an expert in robotic urologic surgery and director of Urology Cancer Specialists in Los Angeles, and Isaac Verbukh, MD, President and CEO of miVIP Surgery, discuss the benefits of bringing robotic technology to the ambulatory surgery…

Here are 8statistics on case volume and revenue for orthopedics at surgery center. The data is taken from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Unused capacity due to patient no-shows and non-compliance with preoperative and postoperative instructions can be a significant cost burden for ambulatory surgery centers, but swift action can prevent time slots from going to waste.

Bob Smith, previously the operational manager of the ambulatory surgery center at Marshfield Clinic Marshfield Center, has been appointed the central division administrator for primary care and other specialty departments, according to a Wausau Daily Herald report.  

Steve Arnold, MD, chief medical officer at Access MediQuip, discusses seven core concepts for leveraging surgery center data during payor negotiations.