The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has announced its support for legislation that would eliminate a health reform law mandate requiring businesses to file IRS 1099 forms for all payments in excess of $600 for services and merchandise.
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Kathleen Whitlow is chief operations officer for Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. Q: What is a good benchmark range for dollars of inventory on the shelf of an orthopedics-anchored ASC?
Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners has announced a partnership with Crane Creek Surgery Center in Melbourne, Fla.
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Quality care is a hotspot topic throughout our country. CMS, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, healthcare payors, and legislators, just to name a few, have jumped into the fray of quality care.…
As the industry matures, more ASCs are facing a set of challenges common in other sectors. Successful surgery centers, for example, are faced with the tricky task of sustaining growth over time, especially as their initial investors retire or otherwise…
According to an ongoing study, preprocedure ultrasound scans significantly increase the chances of successful dural puncture, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
On a monthly basis, one of 17 physicians at Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., is chosen to peer review 30 medical charts for accuracy and completeness. The only caveat is that the reviewing physician cannot…
Here is a list of 21 notable GI and endoscopy-driven ASCs.
The ambulatory healthcare industry gained more than 13,000 employees in Oct. 2010, an increase of 13 percent from the month prior, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report.