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Rosemary Lambie, RN, administrator of the SurgiCenter of Baltimore in Owings Mills, Md., makes five points about how to fairly furlough employees on slow days.

Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm based in Newington, Conn. He discusses six things surgery centers should do to manage controlled drug deviations. To help prevent controlled…

Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm based in Newington, Conn. He discusses 10 things surgery centers should do to minimize controlled drug deviations. To learn what you…

Here are 10 statistics on cash in ambulatory surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Rosemary Lambie, RN, administrator of the SurgiCenter of Baltimore, a five-OR ambulatory surgery center in Owings Mills, Md., makes five points about how the surgery center determines bonuses for employees.

Saul Epstein, co-administrator of ParkCreek Surgery Center in Coconut Creek, Fla., makes four points on how ACOs could affect ambulatory surgery centers.

With decreasing reimbursements, increased regulatory requirements and a struggling economy, ASCs may expect a challenging 2011. But hope springs eternal: here are five reasons for ASCs to be optimistic about the coming year.  

Here are three gastroenterologists who have recently accepted new positions at various healthcare facilities.

In order to maintain accreditation, ASCs are required to keep up-to-date databases and files on each physician's credentials. Depending on the size of an ASC, maintaining updated credentials can be difficult. Two industry experts explain three things ASCs can do…

Orthopedic devices are tremendously costly, so orthopedic-driven ASCs must strategize and be proactive in their approach to containing those costs. Elaine Thomas, administrator at St. Francis Mooresville (Ind.) Surgery Center, offers three key best practices for ensuring this is achieved.