1. Nursing staff
- All facilities — 6.3 hours/case
- 1-2 ORs — 4.1 hours/case
- 3-4 ORs — 6.4 hours/case
- More than 4 ORs — 6.3 hours/case
2. Technical staff
- All facilities — 2.5 hours/case
- 1-2 ORs — 2.2 hours/case
- 3-4 ORs — 2.6 hours/case
- More than 4 ORs — 2.5 hours/case
3. Administrative* staff
- All facilities — 4.1 hours/case
- 1-2 ORs — 3.7 hours/case
- 3-4 ORs — 4.2 hours/case
- More than 4 ORs — 4.2 hours/case
4. Administrator
- All facilities — 0.5 hours/case
- 1-2 ORs — 0.7 hours/case
- 3-4 ORs — 0.5 hours/case
- More than 4 ORs — 0.4 hours/case
5. Total hours per case
- All facilities — 11.6 hours/case
- 1-2 ORs — 7.8 hours/case
- 3-4 ORs — 12.5 hours/case
- More than 4 ORs — 11.9 hours/case
* “Administrative staff” can include all employees other than nurse and tech FTEs. Depending on what the ASC outsources with respect to back office functions (billing/ collections, mgmt services, accounting, HR, etc.), this can include receptionists, administrators, insurance verifiers, schedulers, transcriptionists, coders, billing/collections staff, medical records staff and accounts payable staff.
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