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In 2010, Tampa Bay Specialty Surgery Center won National Surgical Care's "Center of the Year" Award for saving a significant amount of money on utilities, supply cost, staffing and services. Laura Smith, administrator of the center, discusses how they did…

Surgery center administrators agree: Staff members respond to financial incentives. Here are five ways to improve staff performance and your ASC's operations by distributing bonuses.

Here are 10 statistics about ASCs with at least $7 million in annual net revenue, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Tona Savoie, administrator of Bayou Region Surgical Center, a four-OR facility in Thibodaux, La., explains the facility's use of a full-time purchasing manager, an unusual position for an ambulatory surgery center.

According to Jon Vick, president of ASCs, Inc., the choice between partnering with a management company and a hospital doesn't have to be a choice at all. He says the most successful ASCs are those that bring in an ASC…

Name: Central Park Surgery Center (Arlington, Texas)

Here are 10 statistics about ASCs with more than 6,000 annual cases, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Opening a new ambulatory surgery center is always a challenge, but The Surgery Center of Central PA hit a few unique speed bumps when it started operations in 2003. A few months prior to the opening of the ASC, a…

Here are 10 statistics on ASCs with more than four ORs, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Neal Maerki, administrator of Bend (Ore.) Surgery Center, says his surgery center employs a clever tactic to incent physicians to come to partnership meetings. The center holds a partnership meeting every six months, and Mr. Maerki started offering physicians $200…