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MedPAC has proposed that ambulatory surgery centers receive a 0.5 percent payment rate increase in 2014, according to an ASCA report.

Here are five challenges facing surgery center administrators in the next year, according to three administrators from very different parts of the country -- Boston, Oklahoma and Arizona.

Stuart Katz, director of TMC Orthopaedic Outpatient Surgery, Chris Bockelman, administrator of Foundation Surgery Center of Oklahoma, Greg DeConcilis, administrator of Boston Outpatient Surgical Suites, and Joe Zasa, co-founder of ASD Management, discuss 10 ways to achieve success at your…

Today's healthcare environment is wrought with uncertainty and it can be difficult to keep up, let alone lead the pack. Ambulatory surgery center administrators have an especially difficult task of innovating with lower reimbursements and higher overhead expenses than ever…

Here are five creative ways ambulatory surgery centers can improve profitability in 2013.

Here are 10 surgery centers recently planned, developed or opened by hospitals and health systems.

Here are six steps for surgery centers to participate in new payment models.

Reed Martin, COO of Surgical Management Professionals, discusses five key initiatives for surgery centers to enhance patient volume next year.

Here are 10 freestanding ambulatory surgery centers with four operating rooms.

Benchmarking operational data is nothing new for surgery centers — at this point, most successful ASCs are looking at their performance with a critical eye to plan for the future. But there may be benchmarking areas you haven't considered, or…