ASC News

The rate at which physicians referred patients to another physician — most often a specialist — has nearly doubled from 1999-2009, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Ajay Chokshi is a vice president at Surgical Care Affiliates and leads the development of the ECO (Every Case Optimized) System profitability platform. He discusses how his company uses data analysis to help physicians improve clinical, operational and financial performance.

Here are 15 statistics on ENT surgeon compensation, based on data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Productivity Report: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

Here are 15 trends for the ambulatory surgery center industry that will affect how ASCs do business in the upcoming year.

Here are 18 new statistics on ASC physician caseload, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Physician recruitment is becoming more difficult, as surgery center markets become saturated and hospital non-compete agreements prevent employed physicians from investing elsewhere. Here are five tactics to recruit surgery center physicians to your facility in 2012.

Here are five tips from ASC management companies to successfully turn around an ASC.

Here are 10 recent news stories featuring surgery center physicians.

Unicompartmental knee replacements are moving with increasing speed into the outpatient setting, despite the hesitancy on the part of some orthopedic surgeons to accept the procedure as a legitimate alternative to total knee replacements. John A. Repicci, MD, an orthopedic…

Here are 16 new statistics on surgery center EBITDA, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.