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The Surgical Center for Excellence in Panama City, Fla., went from losing as much as $40,000 a week in 2008 to showing better than benchmark profits in 2009. The two-OR center hosts orthopedics, ENT, dental, podiatry and pain management. Sue…

The Surgical Center for Excellence in Panama City, Fla., has taken several steps to keep itself on solid financial footing. Sue Glendon, administrator of the two-OR center, identifies five key steps the center has taken in the past 6-9 months.

One frequently cited solution for two underperforming ASCs serving the same patient population is to close one of them and combine operations at the other, but this isn't as easy as it would appear, says Bill Heath, chief development officer…

Bill Heath, chief development officer at Practice Partners in Healthcare, helps turn around underperforming ASCs. Mr. Heath says these facilities are not "train wrecks" in serious financial trouble but they do have a few fundamental problems that he sees time…

Aspen Surgery Center in Simi Valley, Calif., recently hosted two high school interns, giving the students a first-hand look at the ASC's operations and the work of its surgeons, according to a Ventura County Star report.

Here is an accounts receivable analysis for ASCs with greater than 50 percent of their case volume in orthopedics, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker. Note: Figures provided are averages, dollar amounts are in thousands.

ASC benchmarking firm CTQ Solutions has announced its 2009/2010 Apex Quality Award winners, recognizing ASCs, endoscopy centers, diagnostic imaging centers and surgical hospitals for excellence in patient satisfaction and overall quality of care.

Dwayne Kertanis is vice president of operations for Constitution Surgery Centers in Newington, Conn., which manages 12 surgery centers in a variety of specialties in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Here Mr. Kertanis, who manages three single-specialty eye centers in…

Your ASC will waste money and annoy your surgeons, anesthesiologists and staff members if your schedule has huge holes of time when no patients are scheduled. Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, offers some insight on keeping…

You want the best staff possible, but it can be hard to get a sense of a person's character and work ethic during a brief interview. Lynda Simon, administrator of St. John's Clinic: Head and Neck Surgery in Springfield, Mo.,…