ASC News

Joni M. Steinman, president of AUSMS Healthcare Consultants in San Diego, explains how postsurgical recovery centers can help surgery centers and explains their uncertain growth.

Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations of Meridian Surgical Partners, suggests ASCs analyze the following 12 items and share the data with their physicians on a weekly basis.

Rajiv Chopra, principal and CFO for The C/N Group, offers the following five best practices for ASCs to improve their marketing efforts.

Ann Geier, RN, MS, CNOR, CASC, is senior vice president of operations for Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. Q: How do we calculate our ASC's OR utilization costs and what is one thing we can do to reduce costs associated…

Chris Bishop, senior vice president for acquisitions and business development at Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners in Cincinnati, provides 12 ways to maximize profits at your ASC.

Buddy Bacon is CEO of Meridian Surgical Partners.Q: We have a successful, independent ASC. Is there any value in our considering a majority or minority partnership with a management company?

Lisa Austin, RN, vice president for operations at Pinnacle III, an ASC consultancy based in Fort Collins, Colo., has worked closely with ASC managers and knows their secrets. Here she reveals the concerns managers might share if their surgeons asked…

April Sackos is director of business office operations for Meridian Surgical Partners.Q: With business operations staff wearing many hats these days, what advice do you have to keep these individuals productive in all areas of their work?

Kenny Spitler, senior vice president – development for HealthMark Partners, describes a critical ASC mistake and offers guidance to correct the problem.

Thousands of sticky brown blobs from the BP oil spill are lapping the shoreline just a few miles from the Bayou Regional Surgical Center, impeding the livelihood of fishing, oil and gas workers who are the center's largest patient base.But…