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Here are five proven strategies for recruiting physicians to your surgery center or hospital.

Great physician owners will boost case volume, help with physician recruitment and contribute to cost-cutting initiatives within the facility, making physician recruitment a top priority for successful centers. Here are five observations on the make-up and characteristics of ASC physicians…

Short Hills Surgery Center in Millburn, N.J., is the largest ASC in the state by size, with eight ORs. Here Nancy Easley-Mack, LPN, business office manager of the surgery center, discusses five steps in moving from out-of-network to in-network reimbursement.…

The following article is written by Ronald J. Mattson, MD, vascular surgeon and founding partner of The Surgery Center of the Main Line in Wayne, Pa., a Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners facility.   My experience as a founding investor…

Over the last two years, Thomas Holecek, administrator of Palos Surgicenter in Palos Heights, Ill., has helped his center almost triple orthopedic case volume. He discusses seven ways he recruited new physicians and prepared the center to handle a significant…

Larry Parrish, MBA, administrator of Illinois Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery Center in Morton Grove, Ill., makes eight points about scheduling cases in an ambulatory surgery center.  

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA reported an increase in inpatient and outpatient volumes for the first quarter of 2011 compared to the previous year, according to a Business Wire report.

NorthStar Surgical Center in Lubbock, Texas, a member of Nashville, Tenn.-based Symbion Healthcare, celebrated its 10th anniversary on April 30.

Three ambulatory surgery center administrators discuss how they cut costs and increase profitability in their ASCs.

It seemed like a perfect arrangement: an interested and loyal group of community-based physicians teaming up with the local hospital to create a win-win joint-venture ASC. But, as the saying goes, “even the best laid plans often go astray.” When…