ASC News

Sandy Berreth, RN, MS, CASC, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., and Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, discuss 10 ways their surgery centers improve efficiency.

Maggie Summerfelt, administrator of Advanced Surgery Center in Omaha, Neb., discusses seven ways she creates clear goals and objectives for her surgery center and motivates employees to meet them.

Here are 15 statistics about surgery center average net revenue, based on VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Specialty choice can make or break an ASC, depending on reimbursement rates, supply costs, case volume and availability of market share. Here is a list of the six "best" specialties for ASCs, based on several advisors' assessments, ranked in order…

Jared Leger, RN, CEO and managing partner of Arise Healthcare, shares six creative tips for keeping surgery center physicians happy and involving them in ASC operations.

1. Understand the aim of benefits. While benefits are generally used to attract and retain great employees, the aim can be more specific, such as to compete for talent with the local hospitals, says Sami Spencer, CEO of Missoula (Mont.)…

Here are 50 statistics on staff salaries and wages in ambulatory surgery centers, according to data from VMG Health's 2010 Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker.

Here are 100 statistics on physician compensation, according to various reports.

Here are three tips on how to effectively and successfully recruit physicians and staff to your ambulatory surgery center.

Dean Brown, MBA, CASC, CEO of Alabama Orthopaedic Clinic and administrator of The Orthopaedic Center at Springhill in Mobile, Ala., discusses 10 ways his surgery center decreases costs and improves profits on its orthopedic cases.