ASC News

Jay Rom, president of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, makes six points on the future of ambulatory surgery centers.

Ken Pettine, MD, a spine surgeon who co-owns the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center, a three-OR ASC specializing in orthopedic and spine surgery, makes four predictions on how the recession and market forces will affect ASCs in the next few years.

Harlan Schmitt, principal in Schmitt, Griffiths, Smith & Co., an accounting and business consulting firm of in Ogden, Utah, makes five points about compensation of ASC administrators.

Michael Cosgrove, administrator of the Eye Surgery Center of Michigan in Troy, Mich., makes seven observations about his center's prospects in Michigan's extremely challenging economy.

Jon Vick, president of ASCs Inc., describes a critical ASC mistake made by struggling ASCs.

Greg Zoch, a managing director at Kaye/Bassman, an executive search firm for ASCs and other companies, discusses four primary drivers that motivate people to switch jobs, in order of importance.

Information technology is key to the operations of a surgery center. From front desk check-in and scheduling to medical imaging and materials management, and everything in between, IT does not represent a nice-to-have feature; it is a vital component of…

Nicola V. Hawkinson, DNP, MA, RNFA, NP, CEO and founder of SpineSearch, warns of the following three mistakes commonly made when organizations retain staff.

Greg Zoch, a managing director at Kaye/Bassman, an executive search firm for ASCs and other companies, discusses four considerations when dealing with employee compensation in surgery centers.

Here is a list of the average revenue received by ASCs from their top payor for knee arthroscopies (CPT 29881) by state, according to data from Genascis. Note: Data not available for all states.