ASC News

In a session titled "Keys to Transforming Surgery Centers into a Profitable Business," at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Tom Yerden, CEO of TRY Healthcare Solutions, Jimbo Cross and Jeff Peo, vice presidents…

Case volume is the lifeblood of a successful center: Without it, operating rooms stay empty and robust reimbursement rates are much less useful. Here Jessica Nantz, president and CEO of the consulting firm Outpatient HealthCare Strategies, discusses six case volume…

Alejandro Badia, MD, a hand and upper extremity surgeon at Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and Chief Medical Officer at OrthoNOW in Doral, Fla., discusses four recent trends in outpatient procedures and reimbursements for the hand and upper extremity surgical…

Here are 50 statistics on surgery center gross charges, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Ellen M. Johnson, Chief Operating Officer for Facility Development & Management, LLC discusses the problems that most commonly necessitate a surgery center turnaround.

Here are 16 new statistics on ASC net revenue, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Here are 10 statistics on the surgery center industry in the United States, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Jim Stilley, CEO of Northwest Michigan Surgery Center in Traverse City, Mich., discusses how his ASC calculates and breaks down length of stay to determine how the center is performing.

G. Keith Smith, MD, founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, recently wrote about the impact of the overturn of the Affordable Care Act in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.

Every surgery center keeps track of their statistics and has access to data from other centers, compiled either by an outside source or their management company. However, without a proper understanding of what the data is telling them, it's difficult…