ASC News

If your ambulatory surgery center is in the market for a new administrator, here are 13 questions Dawn Q. McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, regional vice president of Health Inventures, suggests you ask candidates. Administrators can use this checklist as…

The following article is written by Scott Zimmerman, president of TeleVox Software.   As a practice grows and begins to serve a greater number of patients, there is often an increased chance that callers will have to spend some time…

Here are 10 statistics on recruitment of common ambulatory surgery center specialties and physicians based on data from Merritt Hawkins' 2011 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives. The 2011 review is based on the 2,667 permanent physician and advanced allied professional…

Surgery centers consistently compete with local hospitals to recruit physicians, a challenge if physician reimbursements cannot match salaries offered by the hospital. Here are 25 statistics on recruiting incentives offered to five popular ASC physician specialties, based on data from…

CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   Here are the 10 most-performed orthopedic procedures in freestanding outpatient surgery centers in 2009, according to SDI's Free-standing Outpatient Surgery…

Barry Tanner is president and CEO of Physicians Endoscopy in Doylestown, Pa.

Marshall Maran, senior vice president of operations and physician services at Health Inventures in Broomfield, Colo., outlines three choices physician-owners of ambulatory surgery centers have when looking for a new strategic direction.

The following article is written by Nap Gary, COO; Robert Welti, senior vice president, operations; Matt Lau, corporate controller; and Michael Orseno, revenue cycle director for Regent Surgical Health.

Surgery centers can lose money if they schedule a case without accurate, complete information on equipment, payor and other case requirements. Inaccurate scheduling information can result in case cancellations or delays, which damage patient and surgeon satisfaction and cost the…

Ron Brank, group vice president of finance for Symbion in Nashville, Tenn., reviews the advantages and disadvantages of operating several ambulatory surgery centers in one geographic market.