Georganna Howell, administrator of Baltimore-based Greenspring Surgery Center, says ASCs should never make impulse purchases of supplies and materials. When ordering supplies, an ASC must stay tough and focused on what may be the best deal for the surgery center…
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Physicians are dissatisfied with Medicare reimbursement, though they show little consensus for major proposals to reform, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Paramount Surgery Center of Mesa (Ariz.) has been acquired by a joint venture between not-for-profit Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare and Sovereign Healthcare, a privately held ASC management company based in Orange County, Calif., according to a news release.
ASC operating rooms can be dangerous breeding grounds for fire outbreaks, especially during head and neck surgeries when three components — an ignition source such as a cautery, fuel such as alcohol-based solutions and oxygen — are combined, says Jo…
A new study conducted by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that one percent of all patients undergoing outpatient endoscopic procedures suffer serious enough complications to require admission…
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority has approved up to $17 million in bonds for construction of a new ASC in Fairbanks, according to a report from the Anchorage Daily News and documentation from the AIDEA.
A surgery center is part of a new hospital under development in Fillmore County, Neb., according to a report by KLKN-TV in Lincoln, Neb.
Construction has begun on a new 8,500-square-foot medical complex in Ocala, Fla., which includes an ASC, according to the Florida Read Estate Journal.
Here are four factors influencing ASC administrator salaries in 2010, according to various sources.
Here is a list of 16 states that have opted out of the federal requirement for physician supervision of anesthesia provision, in chronological order.