An ASC should survey employee and physician satisfaction yearly, asking respondents to choose a rating for each question and giving them space to write in comments, says Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations at Meridian Surgical Partners. He provides…
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Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations at Meridian Surgical Partners, lists six simple ways to make your ASC more profitable.
Holes in the schedule translate into increased costs in the form of down-time for staff, says Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations at Meridian Surgical Partners. To fill in the holes, ASC staff should review the schedule each day,…
Spending the time to regularly cost out surgical cases can boost an ASC's bottom line, says Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations at Meridian Surgical Partners. He provides four critical steps in the case-costing process.
Meridian Surgical Partners collects 15 clinical and 9 business office measures on its ASCs each month and reviews them quarterly. Reviewers should compare data to national benchmarks to find patterns and opportunities to improve quality and efficiency, says Brian Brown,…
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Here are 11 statistics on ASC physician case volume, based on VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
Industry experts weigh in on the future of the ASC industry.
Experts from the ASC industry weigh in on five important things to know about building quality relationships with the physicians in your ASC.
Graham Cherrington, executive vice president-operations for NovaMed, says the days of "home run" ideas that will double ASC revenue have passed, but there are plenty of ways surgery centers can increase their revenue 10-25 percent and have a significant impact…
Greg Zoch, partner and managing director of Kaye/Bassman, an executive search firm for ASCs, discusses the top five qualities ASCs should look for when recruiting a director of nursing.