Two physicians who serve the Chicago area are seeking a certificate of need to build a new outpatient surgery center in Palos Hills, Ill., according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
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West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, has announced the Idaho Surgery Center, also in Caldwell, is now a department of the community hospital, according to a hospital news release.
Here are 20 benchmarking statistics about revenue per case — broken down by average (statistical mean) gross charges and net revenue — for common specialties in ambulatory surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. Note:…
VMG Health has published the 2011 edition of VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker.
Morton Plant North Bay Hospital has announced it has broken ground on a new surgical center in New Port Richey, Fla., according to a hospital news release.
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Congress will vote today on a House Republican bill that would allow POHs to open if they were under construction at the end of 2010 and would allow them to expand if they were already in existence at that time,…
Ambulatory surgery center management and development companies were very active during the final months of 2011. Here are 10 recent reports on transactions involving ASC management and development companies, including new center openings, partnerships and acquisitions. Note: Reports are listed…
Earlier this year, the 16 physician owners of Physicians Alliance Surgery Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., embarked on a journey to find a partner for their four-operating room ambulatory surgery center. The surgery center, which opened in 2000, had grown…
Joan Dentler is president of ASC Strategies. She provides consultancy services related to outpatient surgery to hospitals and health systems, including facilitating ambulatory surgery center and hospital outpatient department partnerships and acquisitions. Q: You recently suggested, in the column…
Cook Children's Health Care System in Fort Worth, Texas, will open a new ambulatory surgery center dedicated to pediatrics in winter 2012, according to the Cook Children's website.