In a market where case volumes are down, ASCs have focused on reducing costs and increased recruitment to keep margins steady. However, using data collected through your billing and collections department can help ASCs identify additional areas for improvement.
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Brian Proctor, DO, is an ophthalmologist on staff at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a 250-bed community hospital in Melrose Park, Ill., outside of Chicago, which is part of the Loyola University Health System. Dr. Proctor and three other ophthalmologists use one…
Staffing and supplies represent two of the biggest expenses for surgery centers, and they are two areas ASCs should focus on to control with improved business practices. Theresa Palicki, administer of Eastside Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, shares two ways…
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…
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.
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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.
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.