ASC News

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…

Lori Ramirez, the founder, president and chief executive officer of Elite Surgical Affiliates, offers 10 ways ASCs can overcome the financial challenges of the recession and stay profitable despite declining reimbursements and increased competition.

Here are 29 statistics about orthopedics, based on data from VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010, SDI 2008 Outpatient Surgery Center Market Report and MGMA 2010 Physician Compensation and Production Survey.

Mark Mayo, executive director of the ASC Association of Illinois, discusses five issues that will shape the future of Illinois ASCs. Mr. Mayo has served as the association’s executive director for the past 21 years.

Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America has announced the addition of two vice presidents of acquisitions and development — Donna Greene and Jimbo Cross — to its leadership team.

Over the next few weeks, LtCol. Bruce Bright, USMC (Ret), president and CEO of The Bright Group, will offer his thoughts in a series of short articles on "Peak Performance" for you and your organization. The objective of these articles…