Stuart Katz, FACHE, CASC, executive director of Tucson (Ariz.) Orthopaedic Surgery Center and past president of the Arizona ASC Association, was recently featured in a report by KTAR in which he spoke up in defense of the state's ASCs and…
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1. Orthopedics accounts for around 16 percent of the total case volume mix in surgery centers, second behind GI/endoscopy (25 percent), ophthalmology (18 percent) and pain management (17 percent). The average surgery center performs 4,869 cases annually, which would average…
Here are three things to know about the current market for de novo ASCs, according to HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 ASC Valuation Survey, which includes responses from 17 organizations representing over 500 surgery centers throughout the country.
Brian Brown is regional vice president of operations of Meridian Surgical Partners.Q: Is there any physician-specific statistics that should not be shared amongst other physicians in the ASC?
Kamal Tiwari, MD, an anesthesiologist practicing in Bloomington, Ind., at The Pain Management & Surgery Center of Southern Indiana, has been charged with healthcare fraud, healthcare fraud resulting in serious bodily injury and 11 counts of unlawful drug distribution, according…
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is the medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky.) and Ambulatory Surgery Center in Paducah. Dr. Manchikanti has been a vocal advocate for the implementation of prescription monitoring programs to combat controlled substance misuse.…
John Gleason is administrator and Gail Wells, RN, is director of outpatient clinical operations at the Berks Center for Digestive Health in Wyomissing, Pa., a partner with Physicians Endoscopy since 2001.Q: What do you do to ensure a smooth and…
Here are 12 statistics on the rate of physicians changing their practice location for specialties common to ASCs, according to a report from SK&A, A Cegedim Company.
The rate of physicians changing their practice location has declined steadily over the last three years, according to a report from SK&A, a Cegedim Company.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has published a Guide to the Elimination of Infections in Hemodialysis in an effort to establish universally accepted best practices for patient protection.