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Here are 32 statistics on surgery center operating expenses, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

In a session titled "Physicians, Hospitals, and Management Companies - What it Takes to Make a Winning Partnership and ASC" at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Jeff Simmons, chief development officer at Regent…

Arthur E. Casey, CASC, senior vice president of business development for Outpatient Healthcare Strategies, discusses seven ways to foster surgery center culture that emphasizes cost cutting, innovation and profitability.

An American Medical News report discusses three strategies for improving patient flow in a medical practice.

This is a list of 26 ambulatory surgery centers that have five or more operating rooms.

With employment stuck at 8.2 percent and job growth sluggish, surgery centers must face the reality of a slow-growth economy in 2012, says Paul Skowron of Regent Surgical Health. "More patients are treating even preventive surgery as elective, and 50…

Joe Zasa, co-founder of ASD Management, has years of experience with surgery center managers. He has seen the good — administrators whose centers run like well-oiled machines, whose employees sing their praises without being prompted. And he has seen the…

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, a roundtable discussed "The Best Ideas Now: Key Ways to Improve Physician Owned Hospital Profits." The panel included Larry Teuber, MD president of Medical…

Medical tourism is a growing industry, and so far most patients traveling for surgery have gone out of the country. However, there is a significant opportunity for ambulatory surgery centers to capitalize on this market by offering high quality, low…

Industry experts comment on five common mistakes made by ambulatory surgery centers — and how to address them.