ASC News

In Aug. 2011, North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center in Maple Grove, Minn., integrated over 400 endoscopy cases per month from a center that closed within the same building. These 400 cases account for over 50 percent of total volume performed…

The following article is written by Regina Robinson, RN, MBA, CMPE, CASC, director of Peninsula Surgery Center in Newport News, Va.   Part of every great organization's operation is a process to continuously look at opportunities to make improvements. While…

Dearborn (Mich.) Surgery Center averages 12,500 procedures every year or between 50 and 60 each day. With 75 practicing physicians in 11 different specialties, the center has to maintain efficient processes in order to function at such a high level…

The rate at which physicians referred patients to another physician — most often a specialist — has nearly doubled from 1999-2009, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Ajay Chokshi is a vice president at Surgical Care Affiliates and leads the development of the ECO (Every Case Optimized) System profitability platform. He discusses how his company uses data analysis to help physicians improve clinical, operational and financial performance.

Here are 15 statistics on ENT surgeon compensation, based on data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Productivity Report: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

Here are 15 trends for the ambulatory surgery center industry that will affect how ASCs do business in the upcoming year.

Here are 18 new statistics on ASC physician caseload, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Physician recruitment is becoming more difficult, as surgery center markets become saturated and hospital non-compete agreements prevent employed physicians from investing elsewhere. Here are five tactics to recruit surgery center physicians to your facility in 2012.

Here are five tips from ASC management companies to successfully turn around an ASC.