When ASC Durango (Colo.) tracked its PACU times and found some patients were staying longer than four hours, the surgery center concluded that one of the contributing factors was a lack of an accurate discharge criteria policy, says Cheryl Desko,…
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1. While ACOs have been promoted as part of the Healthcare Reform Act for Medicare patients, and pilot programs are being established, the real movement with ACOs seems to be with commercial payors at the moment. Further, the acceleration of…
Krystal Mims, president of Texas Health Partners and a member of the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society, discusses four challenges facing Texas ASCs for the next year.
ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. Cheryl Desko, RN, clinical director for the ASC, discusses three quality assessment and performance improvement studies which were praised by surveyors.
Mike Kintner, service contracts manager at TriMedx, shares five strategies ASCs should adopt to achieve significant, sustainable equipment savings.
St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, La., has announced the opening of its new 20,000 square-foot ASC.
Physician shortage estimates are 50 percent worse than anticipated prior to healthcare reform, according to a release by the Association of American Medical Colleges. A report by the AAMC's Center for Workforce Studies made the following four other key findings:
As many spine procedures become feasible on an outpatient basis, they are quickly moving from the hospital to the ASC. Chris Bishop, senior vice president for acquisitions and business development at Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, provides 10 steps for…
An effective quality improvement program allows an ASC to track areas of improvement and form new policies and procedures to rectify those problem areas. ASCs should continuously build on past successes by tackling clinical, financial and operational weaknesses. John Dooley,…
The realm of healthcare has changed dramatically in recent years with the signing of the new healthcare reform law and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and more drastic changes are forecasted to change the nature of healthcare. Brian…