ASC News

Karen Smith, nursing director at Central Illinois Endoscopy Center in Peoria, shares one tip for ASCs struggling with physicians who repeatedly arrive late to their facilities.

Cindy Givens, administrator of The Surgery Center at Tanasbourne in Hillsboro, Ore., discusses four ways her ASC grew its case volume substantially by building relationships with referring physicians and reaching out to patients directly.

Here are 10 stories discussing critical mistakes regularly made by surgery centers.

Here are four factors influencing ASC administrator salaries in 2010, according to various sources.

As ASCs enter a period of declining reimbursement, regulatory changes and new ownership models, state ASC associations are attempting to guide their members through budgetary crises and confusing legislation. Leaders and members from six state ASC associations discuss 10 issues…

Here are 12 statistics on average hourly salaries & wages, hours worked per case and number of employees in ASCs, organized by type of employee, according to VMG Health's ASC Multi-Specialty Intellimarker 2010.

Every ASC administrator knows infection control is important, but many ASCs still fall down on cleaning their facilities properly and preventing infection. Peter Sheldon of medical facility cleaning company Coverall offers three tricks to minimize infections and increase awareness of…

Chris Squire, board member of Minnesota Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and its government relations committee chairman, discusses five issues affecting Minnesota ASCs.

Lisa Austin, RN, CASC, vice president of ASC operations for Pinnacle III, says many ASCs do not construct cost-effective compensation models for their staff. She describes some best practices to avoid such a predicament. Lisa Austin: One of the biggest…

Here are five best practices from Luke Lambert, CEO of ASCOA, to help keep your ASC profitable.