Impact of CASC credential
According to ASCA’s 2010 ASC Employee Salary & Benefits Survey, administrators with the CASC credential earned higher salaries. Administrators with the CASC credential and no clinical background had a median salary of $110,000. The median salary of an administrator with the CASC credential and a clinical background is $105,000.
Twenty percent of administrators were CASC certified in 2010, an increase of 3 percent from 2009, the biggest jump since these data reports started being collected.
The following statistics are taken from VMG Health’s Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.
Mean administrator salary: $109,184
Administrator salary in orthopedic-driven ASCs: $112,517
Based on location
West: $114,109
Southwest: $100,779
Midwest: $104,372
Southeast: $110,311
Northeast: $109,268
Based on size
1-2 ORs: $95,750
3-4 ORs: $106,271
>4 ORs: $109,286
Based on case volume
< 3,000: $101,850
3,000-5,999: $104,998
> 5,999: $109,448
Based on net revenue
< $4.5 million: $100,942
$4.5 – $6.99 million: $105,040
> $6.99 million: $113,100
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