Thomas Wherry, MD, an anesthesiologist, medical director of Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, a company dedicated to finding strategic solutions for issues relating to anesthesia care, discusses four ways ASCs can make improve anesthesia provision more efficient.
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Kevin McDonough, senior manager at the Dallas office of VMG Health, makes nine points on transactions and valuations of ambulatory surgery centers.
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Jay Rom, president of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, makes six points on the future of ambulatory surgery centers.
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Provisions in the healthcare law to introduce efficiencies, combat fraud and reduce payments in the Medicare program are expected to save $7.8 billion through next year and $418 billion by 2019, according to a CMS report.
Ken Pettine, MD, a spine surgeon who co-owns the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center, a three-OR ASC specializing in orthopedic and spine surgery, makes four predictions on how the recession and market forces will affect ASCs in the next few years.
Marge Schillaci, RN, MS, administrative director of Surgery Center of Joliet (Ill.), which performs a high volume of colonoscopies, EGD and upper and lower GI diagnostics and screenings, shares three ways her GI-driven ASC has reduced costs over the last…