ASC News

Here are 10 recent news stories featuring surgery center physicians.

Unicompartmental knee replacements are moving with increasing speed into the outpatient setting, despite the hesitancy on the part of some orthopedic surgeons to accept the procedure as a legitimate alternative to total knee replacements. John A. Repicci, MD, an orthopedic…

Here are 16 new statistics on surgery center EBITDA, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

David Kloth, MD, performed two free operations on a patient's damaged disks at Danbury Surgical Center after the patient suffered a car accident leaving him in constant pain, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

The following article is written by Paul Skowron, senior vice president, operations, for Regent Surgical Health.   Unlike the congressional "super-committee" of November 2011 that deadlocked along political battle lines and accomplished nothing, Regent has been blessed to be involved…

Here are 16 new statistics on orthopedic case revenue, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

TriHealth has appointed Stuart Donavan, MD, as medical staff president of the Bethesda (Ohio) Medical/Dental Staff, a role that includes supervision of the recently purchased Butler County Surgery Center, according to a Cincinnati report.

Doug Wyatt has been named as the new administrator of Lincoln Orthopaedic Center in Nebraska, according to a York News Times report.

We have several different observations as we look at the market for surgery centers this year. These are as follows:

ENT is an attractive specialty for ambulatory surgery centers because the procedures are generally short in length, use minimal supplies and have a quick recovery period. In the current and uncertain regulatory environment, ENT case reimbursement has remained relatively stable…