Thomas R. Forget, MD, is a neurosurgeon with St. Louis Spine Surgery Center in St. Louis.
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In a tenuous economy with declining reimbursements, many ASCs are simply hunkering down to see how the healthcare reform landscape will shape up before making any bold moves. Still, says Joyce Deno, chief operations officer for the Eastern Region of…
The Upper Cumberland Physicians Surgery Center grew distributions by 125 percent in 2009. This significant distribution growth was the result of accomplishing several strategic initiatives.
Q: When an ASC goes in-network after being out-of-network, what's the typical decline in reimbursement per procedure? What is the typical bump in number of cases?
Here is a chart provided by Matt Lau, director of financial analysis for Regent Surgical Health, of 10 of the best paying ASC procedures (offering average ranges of reimbursements) from selected Regent Surgical Health ASCs for the 2009 calendar year.
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The Moore Orthopaedic Clinic ASC in Lexington, S.C., is a multi-specialty, two OR, one procedure room facility. In 2009, our center increased its revenues by 112 percent over 2008. As nurse manager of the center, I work with our team…
Here are regional and historical salary statistics about the average salaries of general surgeons, according to Forbes.
Witt/Kieffer, the nation's largest healthcare executive search firm, reported the following trends for executives it placed in healthcare and education in 2008, the latest available year. The company conducts more than 400 healthcare executive searches each year.
A June 2009 report on ASC growth by KNG Health Consulting, on behalf of the ASC Coalition, listed the following factors contributing to ASC growth.
The Center for Studying Health System Change released the following findings from the 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey, the latest year available.