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Michael J. Musacchio, Jr., MD, and John H. Peloza, MD, opened their ambulatory surgery center, Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, last October with a vision of incorporating emerging technologies that would rival any hospital operating room. This vision included the…

Chance Sherer, manager with VMG Health, discusses "must-have" benchmarks that every surgery center should use to track their progress.

Increasing pressures in the outpatient surgery setting — ranging from regulations and quality measures to issues surrounding payors and reimbursement — can make physicians feel less engaged in the practice of medicine, according to Bob Uslander, MD, an entrepreneur and…

Measurable benchmarks are crucial to running a successful surgery center. The most successful surgery centers track clinical, financial and efficiency-focused data. Administrators can track data from one month to the next to identify and project growth. They can also compare…

Here are 66 CEOs of ambulatory surgery center management and development companies. The CEOs on this list work tirelessly to improve surgery center efficiencies, build strong physician relationships and boost profitability for their partnered centers. CEOs do not and cannot…

In a session at the Becker’s Hospital Review annual meeting in Chicago on May 18, three C-suite executives for Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health, CEO Tom Mallon, Chief Development Officer Jeff Simmons and COO Nap Gary discussed ASC and physician-hospital…

Ambulatory surgery centers may turn to outsourcing as a cost-cutting strategy, but experts caution that it is important to ask the right questions of potential vendors to avoid incurring unexpected fees and costs down the line.

More surgery centers are struggling due to decreased reimbursement, saturated physician markets and increased regulations. Paul Skowron, senior vice president of operations for Regent Surgical Health, discusses eight ways to improve profits at a financially troubled surgery center.

Angela McComb, Director of Managed Care with ASD Management, discusses five steps for surgery center administrators to negotiate top rates with insurance companies.

Although overall physician engagement took a slight hit last year, more physicians in 2011 believed their organizations would be successful in the coming years compared with 2010, according to results from "The State of Staff Physician Engagement: 2011 in Review."