ASC News

Here is the average common size balance sheet for orthopedic-driven ASCs (facilities with greater than 50 percent of their case volume in orthopedics), according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker. The balance sheet is broken down into assets, liabilities and equity, and…

Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., and Tammy Burnett, administrator of The Plastic Surgical Center in Flowood, Miss., discuss seven ways ASCs can cut costs without sacrificing quality.

Sarah Sterling, business administrator at Post Street Surgery Center in San Francisco, shares four benefits that were reaped from implementing electronic medical records at her center.

Sarah Sterling, business administrator at Post Street Surgery Center in San Francisco, shares insights and tips for surgery centers working to implement electronic medical records.

Spokane (Wash.) ENT’s surgery center opened 10 years ago as a part of Spokane Ear Nose and Throat Clinic.  Since then the ASC has grown to average 3,200 cases annually the last two fiscal years, with patients seen from three…

Seven surgeons and an anesthesiologist who co-own The Orthopedic & Sports Institute of the Fox Valley and its surgery center in Appleton, Wis., have financed and opened the Recovery Inn, a 12-room, hotel-like rehabilitation facility specifically designed for patients undergoing…

Here are 10 sets of compensation statistics about physicians and staff in ASCs.

Debra Saxton Stinchcomb, RN, a consultant at Progressive Surgical Solutions, offers four observations on developing a budget for an ASC.

Debra Saxton Stinchcomb, RN, a consultant at Progressive Surgical Solutions, offers seven points on recruiting more physicians to an ambulatory surgery center.

Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Surgical Center recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Jeff Hayes, who has been with the ASC for 19 years, with 13 in his current role of administrator, discusses the surgery center's history of success.