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The survival and success of ASCs relies on recruiting physicians who can bring patients to the table, and having enough physicians and cases to keep ASCs profitable. But many ASCs are finding that recruiting new physicians to help the facility…

Here is a list of the average total amount of time a patient spends in the ASC for the top procedure by specialty in centers with 1-2 ORs, according to Genascis.

Five states represent nearly 40 percent of the total ASC operating rooms in the United States. Here is a breakdown of ORs by state as a percentage of total ASC ORs in the country, according to SDI.

Here are nine case volume statistics for ASCs by the number of operating rooms at a center, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.

Here are the median gross charges and net revenue per general surgery case by a surgery center's annual case volume, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.

Here are the sizes of ASCs by their total number of affiliated physicians, according to SDI data based on 81,597 physicians performing procedures at ASCs.

Here are the median gross charges and net revenue per general surgery case by a surgery center's number of ORs, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.

Here are the top 10 states with more surgery centers than hospitals by the number of surgery centers per hospital, according to SDI.

Jim Stilley is the CEO of Northwest Michigan Surgery Center in Traverse City, Mich., a multi-specialty surgery center that performs over 16,000 procedures annually.

When most healthcare providers refer to patient-reported outcomes, they think of patient satisfaction scores and reports of complications following surgery. However, these two metrics alone may not be enough for healthcare providers as they face challenges set up by the…