Carla Daley Shehata, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health, discusses seven of the most common patient complaints in an ASC, as well as how to prevent them.
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Karen Howey, administrator of Matrix Surgery Center in Saginaw, Mich., recommends talking to your physicians — especially those who have recently joined your facility — about the reliability of their preference cards. "We often say, 'We'll make sure you have…
The following column is written by Jason L. Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, partner with HealthCare Appraisers. Here are five aspects of ambulatory surgery center operating agreements which can have significant negative implications on value.
Karen C. Howey, CASC, administrator of Matrix Surgery Center in Saginaw, Mich., discusses 10 steps that helped her facility expand from a single-specialty pain center to a multi-specialty ASC.
On March 21, 2010, the House of Representatives passed President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare reform bill, signaling the beginning of a watermark decade for the healthcare industry. In the wake of the bill's passage, hospitals and health systems are struggling…
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Dawn Q. McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, regional vice president of operations for Health Inventures, discusses five ways to decide a salary for an ambulatory surgery center administrator.
Lori Vernon, regional vice president of operations, and Stephanie York, director business office operations, of Health Inventures discuss 10 proven ways for ambulatory surgery centers to reduce their costs.
Joseph Burkhardt, DO, an orthopedic surgeon with Brookside Surgery Center in Battle Creek, Mich., discusses three dissuading factors for physicians considering an investment in an ambulatory surgery center.
John Brock, administrator of NorthStar Surgical Center in Lubbock, Texas, a Symbion facility, lists seven ways to make and save money in orthopedics in ambulatory surgery centers.
Jim Scarsella is president of Anesthesia Staffing Consultants.Q: Do you have any information on the industry norms for what is considered "full utilization" of an ambulatory surgery center? We are a single-specialty ASC (ophthalmology) with five ORs which are, for…