As founding and managing partner of ASD Management, Robert Zasa is tasked with the financial success of surgery centers. In a 2010 interview with Becker's ASC Review, he addressed one of the number one concerns of surgery center leaders: falling…
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ASCs should incorporate an external audit into their compliance programs. Formal coding audit protocol should define the purpose of the audit, frequency of review and sample size. The difficult part is selecting a credible auditing company. Ideally, you should interview…
Marge Schillaci, RN, MS, administrative director of Surgery Center of Joliet (Ill.), which performs a high volume of colonoscopies, EGD and upper and lower GI diagnostics and screenings, identifies five steps her GI-driven ASC has taken over the last year…
MEDISISS, a leading single use device reprocessing company serving ASCs, has announced a joint partnership with Inventory Optimization Solutions for a new supply chain software.
If you think you can wait until 2013 to evaluate your system processes and work protocols for the ICD-10 implementation, think again! The ICD-10 implementation doesn't mean you simply need to purchase a new coding manual. It involves changes and…
As the co-founder and managing partner of ASD Management, Joe Zasa focuses on turning around existing surgery centers and helping physicians and hospitals develop new ASCs. An expert in surgery center profitability, Mr. Zasa is keenly aware of some of…
A recruiter for Houston-based durable medical equipment company Luant & Odera was sentenced to 21 months in prison for her involvement in a $3 million fraud scheme, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.
Paul Merrick, MD, president of DuPage Medical Group in Illinois and an urologist at the DuPage Medical Group Surgical Center in Lombard, defended his ASC and the surgery center industry in a letter to a local newspaper following an article…
AmSurg has announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, reporting a decline in profits compared to the same period a year ago but an increase in revenues.
A licensed practical nurse and the mother of a disabled child from New York were arrested for conspiring to defraud Medicaid of over $32,000, according to an announcement by the N.Y. Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo.