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Trey Parsons, RN, vice president of clinical operations for ASD Management in San Diego, Calif., identifies new procedures that can add volume to an ambulatory surgery center.

Lanson Hyde, COO of Surgical Development Partners in Franklin, Tenn., offers five best practices to enhance productivity in an ambulatory surgery center.

Brien Fausone, administrator of Michigan Endoscopy Center in Farmington Hills. Mich., offers six best practices to help ensure an efficient gastroenterology center.

Kathy Leone, administrator of Saint Vincent Endoscopy Center in Erie, Pa., lists eight ways to become an effective administrator.

Healthcare reform has introduced numerous obstacles and changes for the healthcare industry, including the implementation of electronic health records, more stringent quality reporting, an influx of patients and the formation of quality-based payment models. Kelly Rodriguez, director of national sales…

Robert Zasa, managing partner of ASD Management in Pasadena, Calif., lists five top reasons why surgeons still join ambulatory surgery centers.

Here are 100 benchmarking statistics on processes and outcomes at ambulatory surgery centers across the country. Data is compiled from ASC Association surveys, VMG Health's Multi-Specialty Intellimarker and SDI's Outpatient Surgery Profiling Solution.

Here are 40 statistics about surgery center staff hours per case, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

The ambulatory surgery center industry is facing tremendous uncertainty, perhaps of historical proportions, says Brent Lambert, MD, founding principal of ASCOA.

Nicola Hawkinson, MA, NP, CEO and founder of SpineSearch, recently presented on "Retention Management in the Era of Health Reform" at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago.