Ralph Gambardella, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and president of Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles, discusses five key leadership roles essential to the success of an ASC and describes the characteristics necessary for these positions to find success.
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Jeff Leland, managing director of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, identifies five ways ASCs unintentionally waste money.
With all the challenges ASCs are currently facing — decreased Medicare reimbursement, a struggling economy and increased competition — it has become more important than ever that ASCs work to increase profits by saving every dollar and avoiding monetary waste.…
As state ASC association membership numbers dwindle in many states across the country, ASC association boards are using different tactics to attract new members. According to Stuart Katz, executive director of Tucson Orthopaedic Surgery Center, one of the most effective…
As many spine procedures become feasible on an outpatient basis, they are quickly moving from the hospital to the ASC. Chris Bishop, senior vice president for acquisitions and business development at Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, provides 10 steps for…
Here are 10 statistics about compensation of registered nurses, based on May 2009 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wages.
What is the right type of physician partner to recruit for your ASC? Larry Taylor, present and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare, describes four considerations when seeking new physicians.
Management and development company ASCOA develops new surgery centers and buys troubled surgery centers and works to turn them around, says ASCOA CEO Luke M. Lambert. The number of ASCs in need of turnaround services is increasing.
Here are 20 statistics about ophthalmology in the ASC setting, based on VMG Health's ASC Multi-Specialty Intellimarker 2010.
The struggling economy is impacting the ASC industry significantly, causing patient volumes to decrease in the face of job freezes and lay-offs. This predicament, compounded with the challenge of meeting the needs of practicing physicians in a multi-specialty ASC as…
