ASC News

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.

Every year, certain ambulatory surgery center specialties grow and others diminish as CMS approves new procedures and reimbursement rates change. Here three ASC industry veterans discuss five specialties that will likely see increased profitability and adoption in surgery centers in…

Here are 10 ways ambulatory surgery centers have reduced their costs and grown their bottomline.

Here are 18 statistics about podiatry in ambulatory surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations of Meridian Surgical Partners, identifies 10 ambulatory surgery center physician statistics to track and benchmark and shares some insight into what surgery centers should do with the data. Note: Mr. Brown will present…

A recent webinar, "EHR in the ASC: How to Drive Cost Savings with Point-of-Care Charting," discussed the financial savings achieved through point-of-care case costing. The presenters, Todd Logan, MBA, regional vice president of sales at SourceMedical's Surgery Division, and Bill…

Mark Packer, MD, FACS, CPI, ophthalmologist at Oregon Eye Surgery Center in Eugene, Ore., discusses five issues impacting the future of ophthalmology in the ASC setting.

Here are 18 statistics about plastic surgery in ambulatory surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.