Tyler Merrill, vice president of acquisitions & development at Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America in Hanover, Mass., makes seven points about developing surgery centers in highly regulated states with strict CON laws.
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Thomas Wherry, principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions and medical director for Health Inventures, discusses four ways ambulatory surgery center surgeons can increase their distributions by cutting significant costs.
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Like many places, Wichita, Kan., is oversaturated with ambulatory surgery centers, says Judy Graham, clinical director of six-OR Cypress Surgery Center in Wichita. This city of almost 375,000 people has about eight surgery centers and five specialty hospitals. Cypress has…
While ambulatory surgery centers are typically disadvantaged in areas of reimbursement, they have several natural advantages that give them a leg up on busy, high-cost hospitals. Here are four ways to recognize and take advantage of these built-in benefits.
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Some physicians have been operating small surgery centers as a convenience for their practices, but now they would like to upgrade them into money-making ventures. Here Bill Heath, chief development officer, Practice Partners in Healthcare, in Birmingham, Ala., provides six…
Bill Heath, chief development officer at Practice Partners in Healthcare, in Birmingham, Ala., identifies four kinds of physicians who have not yet invested in an ASC and what it might take to persuade them to invest in your ASC.
The following article is written by Jeff Leland, CEO of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. There is no doubt that the market for outpatient spine surgery continues to evolve and mature. However, surgeons who wish to develop a spine-focused…
Here are 10 statistics about ASCs with $3M-$5.99M in net revenue, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
Here are 15 statistics on physician compensation for the top three specialties that drive case volume in ASCs. Data is drawn from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data.