Peggy Alteri, RN BSN, MPS, CASC. Peggy Alteri is the administrator and CEO of Holdings, the owner/operator of two freestanding surgery centers in Syracuse, N.Y. She is also president of her own consulting firm, MMAE, which specializes in ambulatory surgery…
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Despite not being covered by most insurers, virtual colonoscopy is gaining favor among patients because of its non-invasive nature, as well as among providers, as new research has indicated it is about as accurate as a standard colonoscopy, reports the…
Carolyn Skaff is the administrator for North Suburban Surgery Center in Thornton, Colo. Ms. Skaff has more than 30 years of healthcare senior leadership, operations, business development, ambulatory strategies, construction project management and service line management. She has experience working…
Here are five real estate-related companies to know that serve the surgery center and hospital industries.
According to the VMG Health 2008 Intellimarker, here are the specialties responsible for the top 12 net revenues per case in ASCs performing more than 6,000 cases annually. (Gross charges for these specialties are listed in parentheses.)
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The Surgery Center at Mt. Zion, providing outpatient surgery services and pain management care in Atlanta since 1997, is notable for its recent growth. In September, Gregory H. Lee, MD, whose areas of special interest include sports medicine and orthopedic…
Here are the top 10 most frequently reported surgical specialties in ASCs in 2007, along with the percentage of centers reporting the specialties, according to SDI’s 2008 Outpatient Surgery Center Market Report.
Here are the top 10 manufacturers with the highest percentage of sales through distribution to surgery centers along with their percent of market share, according to SDI’s 2008 Outpatient Surgery Center Market Report (citing GHX Market Intelligence).
Upon returning from the North American Spine Society meeting in Toronto, David Abraham, MD, co-founder of the Reading Neck and Spine Center in Wyomissing, Pa., said the following spine procedure and devices were receiving significant attention.
The recent economic crisis is causing many ASC executives to ask how these turbulent times will affect their malpractice coverage. We believe there is reason for concern. As Mr. Warren Buffett has reminded investors, we “only learn who has been…