Here is an analysis of the average staff hours per case in an ASC by case volume, according to the VMG Health 2008 Intellimarker.
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Historically, physician-owned centers that opened without corporate support have had an easier time doing well financially; then, if the physician-owners so chose, they could have their choice of corporate partners to whom to sell 51 percent of the ownership for…
A 2008 survey conducted by Deutsche Bank finds that currently there are an average 24 eligible surgeons per ASC. This number is down from more than 32 in 2000 and is likely to drop to a little more than 20…
There will be many opportunities but also hurdles in the ASC market in 2009, according to industry experts. Here are five of the most significant trends facing surgery centers in 2009.
Here are 10 interesting statistics about ophthalmology and cataract surgery in ASCs.
Here are three pieces of surgical equipment that ophthalmologist Michael Sayegh, MD, of the Eastern Orange Ambulatory Surgery Center in Cornwall, N.Y., says are possible good investments for ASCs offering ophthalmology.
The following question and answer editorial appeared in EndoEconomics, a journal published by Physicians Endoscopy. Participants in the Q&A are William Thompson of Hall Render Killian Heath and Lyman; Scott Becker and Jessica Smith of McGuireWoods; and Craig Jeffries.
CIGNA has agreed to end its relationship with the Ingenix database and pay $10 million towards the development of a new database, according to a news release from the N.Y. Office of the Attorney General.
On Feb. 19, Brent Lambert, MD, president of Ambulatory Surgery Centers of America, spoke about financial and business problems facing ASCs and ways to improve them in a teleconference hosted by McGuireWoods.
As Medicare incentivizes ophthalmalogists to perform more procedures outside of hospitals, ASCs are luring more of them to do not only the traditional cataract surgeries, but also corneal transplants and retina surgeries.