Access to capital, one of the greatest challenges for an ASC, has become more difficult with the recent meltdown of the banking industry. Having a good banking relationship is very important, but banks have become more jittery about lending money…
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Many orthopedics procedures, especially shoulder and knee surgeries, often require a pain block to manage the patients' pain postoperatively. However, these claims are some of the most commonly denied in ASCs on the first pass, often due to payor issues…
Access to capital, one of the greatest challenges for an ASC, has become more difficult with the recent meltdown of the banking industry. Having a good banking relationship is very important, but banks have become more jittery about lending money…
Robert Goldstein, MD, is executive vice president and chief medical officer of Somnia Anesthesia Services.Q: What are some of the ways the growing propofol shortage could impact an ASC's operations and profitability?
Vickie L. Sanders is vice president of business office services for Nueterra Healthcare.Q: Our ASC isn't performing as well as in the past. What are some areas we should focus on to identify possible problems and start improving our situation?
Standard & Poor's has upgraded $19.96 million long-term, fixed-rate bonds from Carolina Medical Center-Union in Monroe, N.C., to A+ with a stable outlook, according to a report in the Charlotte Business Journal.
Fitch Ratings has assigned an AA- rating with outlook stable to McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, S.C., for a total of $127 million in new bonds, according to a release from Fitch.
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association about infection control practices in ASCs does not provide comparable data in other healthcare settings, according to a joint release from the ASC Advocacy Committee and the ASC Association.
The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine has published a practice advisory on local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) called "Guidelines for the Management of Severe Local Anaesthetic Toxicity."
The Pittsylvania (Vir.) County Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution inviting Centra Ambulatory Surgery to build a facility in the county rather than in Danville, Vir., where the company has faced opposition to its plans, according to a report…