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…
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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.
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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…
Here are 10 statistics about management fees charged to ambulatory surgery centers by management companies, according to data from HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 ASC Valuation Survey. The survey was completed by 17 ASC companies representing more than 500 surgery centers throughout…
Here are 18 statistics about OB/GYN in ambulatory surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
Robert Westergard is the CFO of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. 1. Q: Why do you think benchmarking is critical to ambulatory surgery center success? Robert Westergard: We feel benchmarking is a critical part of running an ASC well…