Robert Westergard, CFO of ASCOA, cites six ways the recession has affected lending for ASC start-ups.
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Montgomery Surgery Center, a 4-OR ASC in Rockville, Md., co-owned by Surgical Care Affiliates and eight physician-investors. Much of its volume comes from non-investing physicians. Alan Kravitz, MD, a general surgeon and one of the investing partners, discusses how the…
Here are 10 ways your ASC can start making more money immediately.
ASC managed care contracting best practices are largely dependent on an ASC's specialty mix. While single-specialty centers can rely on best practices for their specific specialty, multi-specialty facilities must take into account the volume of each of their service lines…
Jeff E. Péo, vice president of acquisitions & development at ASCOA, discusses the company's ASC acquisitions and the challenges of turning around struggling centers.
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Read about how a Colorado ASC partnered with Access MediQuip, one of the nation's largest providers of outsourced implant surgery management solutions, and LaClaro, a revenue cycle software company specializing in the ASC market, to improve the profitability of its…
Demystifying software updates and upgradesHow would you define a medical equipment software update? How about a software upgrade? Answering these questions isn't so simple – it's difficult to define software updates versus upgrades because the answer varies based on the…
Great Lakes Surgical Center in Southfield, Mich., with about 25 owners, has been open for five years. With four ORs and a volume of 6,500 to 7,000 cases a year, it is solidly in the black. Keith Metz, MD, anesthesiologist…
William J. Lahners, MD, FACS, medical director of the Center for Sight in Sarasota, Fla., offers three tips on keeping your staff motivated and enthusiastic throughout the year.1. Give back to the community. If your facility makes itself an integral…
In the midst of a struggling economy, William J. Lahners, MD, FACS, medical director of the Center for Sight in Sarasota, Fla., is able to offer free cataract surgery to underprivileged patients. "We're not immune to financial stresses," Dr. Lahners…