Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, shares four key steps to take to ensure an efficient ASC anesthesia group recruitment process.
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Your ASC will waste money and annoy your surgeons, anesthesiologists and staff members if your schedule has huge holes of time when no patients are scheduled. Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, offers some insight on keeping…
You want the best staff possible, but it can be hard to get a sense of a person's character and work ethic during a brief interview. Lynda Simon, administrator of St. John's Clinic: Head and Neck Surgery in Springfield, Mo.,…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Although the anesthesia section in the CPT manual is the smallest, it can be one of the most difficult areas…