Kevin Weinstein, vice president for marketing at ZirMed in Louisville, Ky., offers nine best practices for ambulatory surgery centers to manage revenue cycle.
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Bradford Shingleton, MD, has been featured in the Harvard Business Review on his techniques to improve quality and efficiency in cataract surgery. Dr. Shingleton practices at 32-physician Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and at Cape Cod Eye Surgery & Laser Center.…
David Schlactus, CEO of Hope Orthopedics of Oregon and Willamette Surgery Center in Salem, publishes internal benchmarks based on CPT code and shares them with his physicians to incent them to cut costs. Here are three internal benchmarks he feels…
As healthcare facilities in other states grapple with the advent of accountable care organizations, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has been busy forming his own version of ACOs: state-run "coordinated care organizations." House Bill 3650, which passed in the Oregon Legislature…
Kelly Durian is executive director of the Iowa City Ambulatory Surgery Center, managed by Surgical Management Professionals. The center won the 2010/2011 CTQ Apex award for exhibiting consistently high levels of performance, based on patient satisfaction survey scores for about…
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Catch up on this week's surgery center news: Here are 10 must-read articles about the ASC industry from the week of Sept. 12.
As ambulatory surgery centers look for ways to maintain and grow their bottom line, more centers are changing their anesthesia care services to access more revenue. On the surface, the financial reward for modifying anesthesia services can be very compelling;…
Joyce (Deno) Thomas, RN, BSN, is senior vice president, operations, for Regent Surgical Health. Q: Our ambulatory surgery center is trying to determine our average hours per case. Who and what activities should be included in the formula? …
William F. Mulhall, RN, a partner with Merritt Healthcare in Somers, N.Y., offers eight points to ensure safe and seamless operations when an existing ambulatory surgery center undergoes construction for renovation or expansion.
Buddy Bacon, CEO of Meridian Surgical Partners, discusses the realities of recruiting physician investors to surgery centers in the current healthcare climate.