On the Cover
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health, formerly North Broward Hospital District, agreed to pay $69.5 million last month to settle allegations brought by Michael Reilly, MD, and the Department of Justice in a federal lawsuit. Click here to continue >>
ASC Management
With slim margins and high levels of competition, a healthy revenue cycle is essential to ASC success. Click here to continue >>
Epic, Cerner athenahealth and eClinicalWorks dominate overall mindshare when it comes to the ambulatory EHR market, according to peer60's Trends & Insights in Ambulatory EHR Fist Reaction Report. Click here to continue >>
An ASC is only as strong as the people who staff it. The healthcare worker talent pool is not without limit; it takes time and strategy to find, build and keep a team of A-players at a surgery center. Click here to continue >>
Executive Briefing: Coding, Billing & Collections
In a post-reform era, out-of-network payments remain one of the last frontiers for ASCs to reap higher reimbursements and increase their profit margins. Click here to continue >>
ASC Transactions
Key Specialties
In May 2014, there were 30,060 anesthesiologists working in America, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Click here to continue >>
A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery shows patients prefer outpatient ambulatory surgery centers to hospital outpatient facilities, partially due to lower costs associated with ASC procedures. Click here to continue >>
Physician practices across many specialties are opting for hospital owners or merging to leverage the power of larger numbers, but does this trend hold as much sway for small GI practices? Click here to continue >>
Executive Briefing: Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting
Endoscopic vessel harvesting (EVH) is a minimally invasive procedure performed right before coronary artery bypass grafting,
or bypass surgery. Click here to continue >>
ASC Quality
Disaster could strike any time
— whether it's a natural disaster or a man-made emergency — and ambulatory surgery center physicians and staff need a plan. Click here to continue >>
Faced with seemingly endless administrative tasks, physicians experience burn-out
more than any other specialty in the United States. Click here to continue >>
Hospital-employed physicians have higher commercial healthcare prices than non-employed physicians, according to an article published in the October issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. Click here to continue >>
5 Out-of-Network Myths — Debunked In a post-reform era, out-of-network payments remain one of the last frontiers for ASCs to reap higher reimbursements and increase their profit margins. Click here to continue >>
