While newspaper, radio and television advertising has been the traditional method of marketing an ASC's services, the ever-growing Internet has provided ASCs with a new and fresh way of connecting to their patients and expanding their presence within a community.…
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2010 saw a significant increase over 2009 in surgery center transactions. During 2010, the pricing of transactions tended to increase from 2009. To learn more about these trends and see examples of pricing seen in various transactions, read ASC Transactions…
The following article appeared in the Sept. 2010 issue of Connection, the bi-monthly e-newsletter from the AAAHC. Q: At re-appointment time, do medical staff members need to complete an application for re-credentialing?
There are two periods of time during which an anesthesiologist may request to have a case at an ASC cancelled — during the pre-op screening process and on the day of the procedure, according to Thomas Wherry, MD, principal of…
Chris Squire, board member of Minnesota Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and its government relations committee chairman, discusses five issues affecting Minnesota ASCs.
David Ott, MD, founder of Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix, Ariz., shares three ways the orthopedic surgery center maximizes profitability.
Implementing an effective quality improvement program is not only essential to achieving accreditation by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care but also can put surgery centers on the road toward improved patient safety and clinical outcomes. An ASC may…
Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, shares four key steps to take to ensure an efficient ASC anesthesia group recruitment process.
What management services do ASC management and development companies offer for the centers they manage? Here's a breakdown of how likely a company is to offer seven different services, according to HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 ASC Valuation Survey, which includes responses…
ASC-based electronic medical records are very different from EMR in the physician's office or hospital, but the goal is to make all EMR systems, regardless of venue, interoperable with each other, so that records can be sent seamlessly. Joe Macies,…