ASC News

Elaine Thomas, administrator at St. Francis Mooresville (Ind.) Surgery Center shares three factors that are crucial to the long-term and ongoing success of an orthopedic-driven ASC.

Here are five ways physician-investors can increase their ambulatory surgery center distributions in 2011.

Christian D. Ellison, vice president of business development at Health Inventures in Broomfield, Colo., provides eight insights for successful joint ventures between hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

Joyce K. (Deno) Thomas, senior vice president operations for Regent Surgical Health, identifies five critical ambulatory surgery center mistakes and describes what physicians and facilities need to do to avoid these scenarios.   1. Physician-owners lacking financial understanding of their…

Rosemary Lambie, RN, administrator of the SurgiCenter of Baltimore in Owings Mills, Md., makes five points about how to fairly furlough employees on slow days.

Rosemary Lambie, RN, administrator of the SurgiCenter of Baltimore, a five-OR ambulatory surgery center in Owings Mills, Md., makes five points about how the surgery center determines bonuses for employees.

With decreasing reimbursements, increased regulatory requirements and a struggling economy, ASCs may expect a challenging 2011. But hope springs eternal: here are five reasons for ASCs to be optimistic about the coming year.  

The role of ParkCreek Surgery Center as the official outpatient surgery center of the Florida Panthers hockey team has helped the ASC attract new business and physicians, according to Saul Epstein, co-administrator of the Coconut Creek, Fla., ASC.

Rajiv Chopra and Tom Faith of The C/N Group in Merrillville, Ind., suggest four ways for ambulatory surgery centers to boost surgical volume and enhance referral relationships.

Here are 10 statistics on bad debt in ambulatory surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.