Almost all ASC management agreements always include oversight by a regional vice president of operations, according to HealthCare Appraisers' 2018 ASC Valuation Survey.
Here are 45 statistics on nine types of ASC management services and how often organizations typically provide them. Data was collected from 15 respondents representing 700-plus surgery centers in the U.S.
Oversight by regional vice president of operations
1. Never: 0 percent
2. Rarely: 0 percent
3. Sometimes: 0 percent
4. Often: 7 percent
5. Always: 93 percent
Mock accreditation surveys
6. Never: 0 percent
7. Rarely: 0 percent
8. Sometimes: 13 percent
9. Often: 40 percent
10. Always: 47 percent
Corporate revenue cycle executive or staff
11. Never: 7 percent
12. Rarely: 7 percent
13. Sometimes: 13 percent
14. Often: 33 percent
15. Always: 40 percent
Corporate supply chain executive or staff
16. Never: 13 percent
17. Rarely: 0 percent
18. Sometimes: 27 percent
19. Often: 20 percent
20. Always: 40 percent
Managed care contracting
21. Never: 0 percent
22. Rarely: 7 percent
23. Sometimes: 7 percent
24. Often: 53 percent
25. Always: 33 percent
Corporate human resources executive or staff
26. Never: 7 percent
27. Rarely: 13 percent
28. Sometimes: 20 percent
29. Often: 27 percent
30. Always: 33 percent
Corporate counsel legal support
31. Never: 27 percent
32. Rarely: 7 percent
33. Sometimes: 33 percent
34. Often: 7 percent
35. Always: 27 percent
Data warehouse
36. Never: 33 percent
37. Rarely: 7 percent
38. Sometimes: 27 percent
39. Often: 13 percent
40. Always: 20 percent
Dictation
41. Never: 67 percent
42. Rarely: 7 percent
43. Sometimes: 27 percent
44. Often: 0 percent
45. Always: 0 percent