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Promote National ASC Day

Outpatient surgical facilities have an excellent marketing opportunity at their fingertips with October's National ASC Day. ...read more

ASC Scheduling – from 3 perspectives

Of all the feats regularly accomplished at an ASC, scheduling has to be among the most amazing – especially when considering the number of players involved, as well as the inherent challenges. ...read more

ASC In-Market Development

Increasing the volume and revenue at an ASC are ongoing challenges that are often addressed with market-development efforts such as reviewing procedure mix, costs and physician recruitment. ...read more

SurgiStrategies July 2012 Issue

An ambulatory surgery center (ASC) can potentially increase profits and volume by maximizing reimbursements, assessing case profitability, examining its procedure mix, analyzing supply value, increasing scheduling ...read more

Final ASCA 2012 Conference Image Gallery

The annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) conference featured a riveting keynote from "Miracle on the Hudson" co-pilot Jeff Skiles, as well as the awarding of CASC designations and a full slate of education ...read more

Latest Headlines

Successfully Getting Your Facility Through an Audit

Joan Mckibben, administrator of the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Somerset in Bridgewater, N.J., shares some insights about the audit process. ...More
February 27, 2012
Posted in Articles
Accountable Care Trends, Strategies and Best Practice Compliance

The possibilities of what ACOs and coordinated care can accomplish are bringing other factors and strategies forward that could merge within the CMS Shared Savings models, or as commercial ACOs outside the purview of CMS and the federal government. ...More
February 24, 2012
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Drug Shortages Continue

From Versed to Fentanyl, if your ASC is struggling with drug shortages ... you're not alone. ...More
February 23, 2012
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Case Study: Nebraska Spine Hospital

The Nebraska Spine Hospital was birthed just shy of healthcare reform's moratorium on physician-owned hospital joint ventures. ...More
February 23, 2012
Posted in Blog
Recovery Audits and Billing Compliance in ASCs

A new audit-rich environment requires that providers make a paradigm shift to quality systems as the facility backbone to ensure compliance long-term. ...More
February 22, 2012
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Physician and Health System Partnerships in an Era of Healthcare Reform

Today’s healthcare marketplace requires proactive thinking, new structural and governance models, open mindedness and creativity. ...More
February 21, 2012
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ICD-10 Implementation Delayed

ICD-10 implementation will be delayed – the question now is, how long? ...More
February 20, 2012
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Deal Reached to Prevent Physician Payment Cuts

The joint House-Senate conference committee charged with fixing the Medicare physician payment formula has reached agreement on a deal to postpone the looming physician payment cuts. ...More
February 20, 2012
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ICD-10 Vision 2013: Catch It!

ICD-10 is coming – take a lighthearted look at the personal side of properly preparing your staff to successfully implement the massive changes. ...More
February 17, 2012
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Wrong Site Surgery Tool Released

Reducing the risk of wrong site, wrong procedure and wrong patient surgery is critical to patient safety and the reputation of any healthcare organization. ...More
February 16, 2012
Posted in News