Ambulatory surgery center management and development companies work with multiple ASCs partners throughout the year, giving their leadership a strong understanding of best practices applicable to ASCs nationwide. Here are links to nine reports featuring practical guidance from 10 management…
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Endoscopic balloon sinoplasty is a surgical procedure that treats blocked nasal sinuses using a small, flexible balloon catheter to enlarge sinus pathways and restore normal sinus drainage without damaging the sinus lining. A relatively new procedure for surgery centers, balloon…
Don't worry if holiday cheer kept you from browsing the Becker's ASC Review website last week — here's a round-up of the most interesting stories on the ASC industry from the last seven days.
Low reimbursement, low volume, increasing physician employment, increasing regulatory requirements, increasing staff shortages, increasing market saturation: These are only a few of the issues affecting ambulatory surgery centers at the moment. While ASCs are still able to provide high-quality care…
Renovating a surgery center is a great way to increase case volume and revenue by adding additional operating rooms and incorporating other specialties, but there are other more subtle ways a renovation can increase profitability.
Here are nine benchmarking statistics about case volume in ambulatory surgery centers from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. These figures come from the aggregated statistical analysis section of the report that represents data from all of the participants in…
Here are 15 benchmarking statistics about staff in ambulatory surgery centers, broken down by average (statistical mean) salary and wages, hours per case and number of full-time employees, from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. These figures come from the…
Here are 15 findings on ophthalmological case revenue from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.
Alcon's LenSx femtosecond laser may be the most significant piece of technology to impact cataract surgery in recent years, allowing surgeons to correct astigmatism in cataract patients by creating precise incisions before the patient enters the operating room. While the…
This is part of a series on the five ambulatory surgery center specialties to watch in 2012. The five specialties are gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic and spine, pain management and urology. These specialties have a favorable outlook in terms of case…
