In these tough economic times, capturing the appropriate reimbursement for the procedures you perform can make the difference between an organization that is well-positioned to weather the ups and downs of the marketplace or a struggling entity that may find…
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North Texas Surgi-Center in Wichita Falls Falls, Texas, will close Dec. 5, according to a report from the Times Record News and KFDX.
The Supreme Court of New Hampshire has ruled that Elliot Health System is not required to obtain certificate of need review for its Elliot Medical Center at Londonderry medical office building project. However, in a concurring opinion for case No.…
Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of medical transcription, coding and other related information technology services, recently gathered data from roughly 30 ASCs and surgical hospitals, to determine some average statistics relating to patient charts in ASCs.
A new surgery center is scheduled to open in Tomball, Texas, a suburb of Houston, in April of 2009.
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The SurgiCenter of Mansfield (Ohio) has celebrated the 10th anniversary since the first procedure was performed at the center, according to the Mansfield News Journal.
1. Do you think anesthesiologists should be employees of ASCs, independent contractors or completely outsourced? Russ Greene (RG): We hire our anesthesia staff, but have not let them buy shares. I have only had one ASC that I managed that…
The latest issues of Common Ground, a newsletter published by The McShane Companies, are now available and include a feature on healthcare construction trends in today’s struggling economy.
Here is the distribution of surgery centers and hospitals by population levels (with percent of total number of each facility type in parentheses), according to SDI’s 2008 Outpatient Surgery Center Market Report.
According to the VMG Health 2008 Intellimarker, here are the specialties responsible for the top 12 net revenues per case in ASCs performing 3,000 to 5,999 cases annually. (Gross charges for these specialties are listed in parentheses.)