ASC News

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.

Lynda Simon, RN, administrator of St. John's Clinic: Head & Neck Surgery in Springfield, Mo., shares seven easy ways to identify where your ASC wastes money and use that knowledge to trim costs.

Here are 10 current topics on ideas to improve ASC performance.

Joan G. Dentler, president of ASC Strategies in Austin, Texas, offers six steps to keep prospering at mature surgery centers, those that have been operating five or more years.

Orthopedic-driven ASCs (facilities with greater than 50 percent of their case volume in orthopedics) commit an average of 71.3 percent of their net revenue to operating expenses, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker. Here is a breakdown of where orthopedic-driven ASCs…

The Surgical Center for Excellence in Panama City, Fla., went from losing as much as $40,000 a week in 2008 to showing better than benchmark profits in 2009. The two-OR center hosts orthopedics, ENT, dental, podiatry and pain management. Sue…

The Surgical Center for Excellence in Panama City, Fla., has taken several steps to keep itself on solid financial footing. Sue Glendon, administrator of the two-OR center, identifies five key steps the center has taken in the past 6-9 months.

One frequently cited solution for two underperforming ASCs serving the same patient population is to close one of them and combine operations at the other, but this isn't as easy as it would appear, says Bill Heath, chief development officer…