About one year ago, my partners and I decided to add spine cases to our outpatient surgery center, the East Portland Surgical Center (EPSC). It was a big decision, with important clinical and operational implications, so we thoroughly assessed the…
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Mercy Health Partners, based in Knoxville, Tenn., has started building a $15 million surgery center, according to the knownews.com HealthBiz blog and confirmed by Mercy Health Partners.
The new surgery center of Carolinas Medical Center-Lincoln, based in Lincolnton, N.C., has opened in Denver, N.C., according to a news@norman report.
Rex Healthcare, based in Raleigh, N.C., and Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic have received approval from the state for a new orthopedic ambulatory surgery center, according to a news release from Rex Healthcare.
It's probably no secret to anybody who owns and operates an ASC that surgical volumes are being affected by these challenging economic times. At best, things probably won't improve until the third or fourth quarter of this year, once the…
Here is an analysis of the average staff hourly wages and the administrator's salary in an ASC by facility size, as determined by case volume, according to the VMG Health 2008 Intellimarker.
In response to "Surgery Center Success With Orthopedics Not a Guarantee in Every State," a Q&A with Luke Lambert of ASCOA, Matt Kilton, COO of Eveia Health Consulting & Management, says that a surgery center's location can certainly play a…
Virtua Health, a multi-hospital healthcare system based in Marlton, N.J., has announced that the steelwork of its new, replacement Vorhees, N.J., hospital is completed, according to a news release.
The Illinois health planning board has approved a new surgery center in Springfield and a replacement for Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, according to The State Journal-Register.