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Ten surgery center leaders and industry experts share their thoughts on the top priorities for ASC administrators now.Margaret Acker, administrator of Southwest Surgical Center in Byron Center, Mich.:I think the most important thing administrators can do now is read and…

Greg Horner, MD, is managing partner of Smithfield Surgical Partners and a board member of the California Ambulatory Surgery Association.

Marty Winslow, director of reimbursement for Nueterra Healthcare in Leawood, Kan., provides 12 ways for ambulatory surgery centers to improve contracting with payors.

Tim Shannon, vice president of operations for Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, discusses 10 ways surgery centers can profit from ENT while improving patient safety and satisfaction.

Here are 25 statistics on surgery center growth from 2000-2009, based on data from SDI's Outpatient Surgery Center Profiling Solution.

Russ Greene, administrator of Physicians' Surgery Center in Fayetteville, Ark., lists seven mistakes ambulatory surgery centers make when contracting with anesthesia providers.

Here are the top 10 states with more ambulatory surgery centers than hospitals, according to 2009 data from SDI's Outpatient Surgery Center Profiling Solution.

Nick Vailas, president of Bedford (N.H.) Ambulatory Surgical Center, discusses the role of transparency in reforming healthcare and why cost data is essential to level the provider playing field.

James H. Cobb, a consultant and president and CEO of Orion Medical Services, identifies 10 ways to reduce risk to physician-investors in a start-up ambulatory surgery center.

The following article is written by Barry R. Denny, CFA, OPA-C, founder and president of Expense Management Network.   Over the past five years, reimbursements have declined while costs have steadily risen. There is no indication this trend will slow…