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This article briefly describes three different methods of delivering anesthesia services. Then, it discusses a few legal issues related to anesthesia services. Finally, it provides several different observations related to trends in anesthesia services. Introduction The American Society of Anesthesiologists…

This article briefly describes three different methods of delivering anesthesia services. Then, it discusses a few legal issues related to anesthesia services. Finally, it provides several different observations related to trends in anesthesia services.

ASC executives and back specialists say that pine surgery is the last, great, untapped frontier — the final medical specialty and potential ASC business line remaining relatively unexploited.

Bundled pricing — the act of grouping together facility and other fees — is an increasingly used practice by ASCs, although the ways in which ASCs employ bundled pricing varies greatly.

Did you know that when your ASC facility has a Medicare patient who requests a Presbyopia-Correcting (PC) IOL lens or an Astigmatism-Correcting (AC) IOL lens (instead of a regular IOL) that there are special guidelines that must be followed to…

ASCOA is seeking an RN with extensive business experience, who has senior level, hands-on experience in freestanding ASC management.

Hospitals and health systems, whether general acute care hospitals or specialty hospitals, are attempting to prosper in a challenging time. Last year and in 2007, the nation's hospitals, as a whole, recorded record profits. Many hospitals were examining a multitude…

A new study by Health Affairs has found that Medicaid physician fees rose 15 percent from 2003 to 2008, a rate that is outpaced by inflation.

The ASC Association, over the last 10 years, has done a better job of advancing and appropriately protecting the interests of its members than any other trade association that I am aware of.

Hear some of the smartest minds in the country on how healthcare reform will likely evolve and the impact on ASCs at the 7th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Driven ASC Conference, presented by ASC Communications and the Ambulatory…