In what month can ambulatory surgery centers expect to perform the most and least procedures? GENASCIS, a provider of outsourced revenue cycle management services, performed an analysis of the case volume for 393 client ASCs over a 12-month basis (Oct.…
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Lessons From 35 Years in the ASC Industry: Q&A With Cypress Surgery Center Administrator Judy Graham
Judy Graham, the administrator and cofounder of Cypress Surgery Center in Wichita, Kan., stepped down in late November after 35 years in the ambulatory surgery center industry. Ms. Graham began her surgery center career in 1976, as a registered nurse…
Here are 11 ways ambulatory surgery center leaders plan to improve the experience of their patients in 2012.
Aaron Murski of VMG Health discusses how ambulatory surgery center leadership can use benchmarking data to improve their center operations and understand trends affecting the whole industry.
As the trend of physician employment and physician practice acquisition continues at a rapid pace, surgery center physicians are struggling to determine where they will fit in the future of healthcare. They know that surgery centers provide a high-quality service…
You may have missed some news last week while preparing for Thanksgiving, so here's the abridged version. Here are 10 stories affected the ambulatory surgery center industry from the week of Nov. 21.
Josh Billstein, practice manager of the ambulatory surgery center at The Polyclinic in Seattle, discusses eight ways surgery center leaders can save more money on supplies and staffing.
If you were busy wrapping up work last week in preparation for Thanksgiving, here are 10 must-read ambulatory surgery center industry stories you missed.
It's no secret that the recruitment of high-quality surgeons is essential to the growth and success of an ambulatory surgery center. Although recruitment is often left to a center administrator or a management company, physicians play an integral role in…
With decreased reimbursements, declining case volume and physicians heading toward hospital employment, there may not seem to be a lot of reason for cheer in the ambulatory surgery center industry this holiday season. But don't give up hope just yet…
