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Specialty choice can make or break an ASC, depending on reimbursement rates, supply costs, case volume and availability of market share. Here is a list of the six "best" specialties for ASCs, based on several advisors' assessments, ranked in order…

1. Understand the aim of benefits. While benefits are generally used to attract and retain great employees, the aim can be more specific, such as to compete for talent with the local hospitals, says Sami Spencer, CEO of Missoula (Mont.)…

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Dean Brown, MBA, CASC, CEO of Alabama Orthopaedic Clinic and administrator of The Orthopaedic Center at Springhill in Mobile, Ala., discusses 10 ways his surgery center decreases costs and improves profits on its orthopedic cases.

Losing a key physician is a scary prospect for an ambulatory surgery center because it can mean taking a big hit in surgical case volume, says Mike Lipomi, president and CEO of Surgical Management Professionals in Sioux Falls, S.D. Here…

Here are seven questions about the services provided by surgery center management and development companies, according to data from HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 ASC Valuation Survey. Editor's note: The most common responses are bolded.

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