Physician recruitment is essential to surgery center profitability — but in this day and age, finding eligible providers is becoming more and more difficult. As hospital employment and non-compete contracts prevent physicians from joining surgery centers, ASC administrators must offer…
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Here are 24 statistics on the most common surgery center specialties, organized by region of the country, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
Adam Lynch of Principle Valuation discusses the smartest thing he's seen an ambulatory surgery center do in 2011.
While implementing the latest technology can be a challenging and expensive procedure for ASCs, it's usually worth the investment because it can attract both patients and physicians to a center. New York GI Center, a single-specialty GI ASC in Bronx,…
Here are 50 statistics about surgery center finances, based on data from VMG Health’s Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010. All numbers are averages.
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Here are 20 benchmarks for small surgery centers (defined as those with 1-2 operating rooms), based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
Bill Rabourn, managing principal at Medical Consulting Group, says most ambulatory surgery centers don't do enough to market their physicians. Although he views ASCs as a place where physicians bring patients instead of patients searching out an ASC, Mr. Rabourn…
The following is written by Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies. Time is running out on one of the best tax breaks for businesses, especially small/medium businesses: Section 179.
Barry Tanner, president and CEO of Physicians Endoscopy in Doylestown, Pa., discusses how ASC leaders can prepare for the inevitable departure of their older physicians.
Brian Brown, regional vice president, operations, for Meridian Surgical Partners, recently identified "10 Ways a Surgery Center's Budget Can Go Awry." Mr. Brown, who oversees the budget planning for the management and development company's surgery centers in his region, identifies…