The risk of nosocomial infection has been thought to be minimal in ambulatory surgical settings because of the short stay in the facility, the short duration of anesthesia, the 'minor' nature of the surgical procedures and the general good health…
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Alisa Fischer, RN, MHSA, CASC, is the administrator of St. Augustine (Fla.) Surgery Center, a multi-specialty ASC managed by Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America.
Ross Alexander, MBA, the administrator of The Surgery Center of Fort Collins (Colo.), a multi-specialty ASC owned and managed by a group of surgeons, Poudre Valley Health System and Surgical Care Affiliates, shares some ideas on how surgery centers can…
ASCs continuously search for new service lines to generate additional revenue for their centers. Orthopedic and pain management ASCs often look to spine surgery to provide that new revenue, but they often overlook a procedure they can add with no…
An effort to establish corporate values and recruit excellent leadership in 2007 has blossomed into a companywide culture, satisfaction enhancement and performance measurement tool for surgery center developer Regent Surgical Health.
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Here are the median gross charges and net revenue per ENT case, broken down by a surgery center's number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Here are the median EBITDA margins for surgery centers by percentage of net revenue organized by total revenue and number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Joseph Stapleton, MD, is an anesthesiologist, pain physician and a partner at East Portland Surgical Center in Happy Valley, OR.
Bonnie Brady, RN, the administrator of Specialty Surgical Center in Sparta, N.J., shares five tips for reducing costs at an ASC. Ms. Brady has been with Specialty Surgical Center, a multispecialty, two-OR ASC, since May 2008. Since she arrived, the…
A study for the Commonwealth Fund concludes high-performing hospital systems tend to maintain a culture of excellence organized around a few specific best practices, according to a release by the Commonwealth Fund.