Jack Egnatinsky, MD, is one of three medical directors at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and has been an active surveyor with the organization since 1996.
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Bellin Health in Green Bay, Wis., has announced the opening of Bellin Health Orthopedic Surgery Center and partner Orthopedic Sports Medicine Specialists.
Jon Vick, president of ASCs Inc., a firm in Valley Center, Calif., which advises surgery center owners on strategic partnering and joint ventures, has seen has client base pick up 50 percent over last year's level.
Even when the real estate market was soaring, David J. Shuffler, managing partner of Practice Valuation Group was a stalwart advocate of leasing real estate for an ASC rather than owning it. Here the Asheville, N.C., valuation guru explains why…
Riverside Ambulatory Surgery Center, owned and operated by Riverside Medical Center and board-certified surgeons in Kankakee, Ill., serving the south suburban counties of Chicago and East Central Illinois. Riverside Ambulatory Surgery Center offers world-class outpatient surgery in a fast and efficient…
Anesthesiologist Wallace Reed, MD, cofounder of the nation's first ASC in Phoenix, Ariz., has received the 2010 Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award from the Phoenix Business Journal, according to a news release from the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation.
Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, shares four key steps to take to ensure an efficient ASC anesthesia group recruitment process.
Barry Tanner is president and CEO of Physicians Endoscopy, which specializes in development and management of freestanding, single-specialty ASCs. He identifies five trends for GI-driven ASCs.
Clinical Manager Susan Rahn of the Endoscopy Center of St. Louis shares three key steps to take to remain accredited. The organization has maintained accreditation at both of its facilities since they opened in 2005 and 2007.
ASC benchmarking firm CTQ Solutions has announced its 2009/2010 Apex Quality Award winners, recognizing ASCs, endoscopy centers, diagnostic imaging centers and surgical hospitals for excellence in patient satisfaction and overall quality of care.