When it comes to operating a high performing, profitable surgery center, there’s a mountain of resources to guide newly minted ASC administrators through the ins and outs of their role. From CE courses through nurse.com, to webina [...]
What keeps an ASC owner or executive up at night? From staffing recruitment to managing more high acuity cases and preparing for the impacts of the new CMS payment rules, ASC executives have a lot on their plate. Here are the bigg [...]
Start a conversation with the average ASC administrator about reporting, and they’re ready to head for the nearest exit. It may be an integral part of operating a high-performing surgery center, but it can be time consuming and di [...]
The first World Patient Safety Day, on Sept. 17 of this year, draws attention to the 134 million adverse events that occur in healthcare settings across the globe. ASCs are understandably proud of their low rates of adverse events [...]
Before the shift towards most outpatient surgeries being performed in ASCs, Medicare and Medicaid surgical patients were primarily cared for in hospital settings. But as reimbursement models shifted, and surgical and anesthesia in [...]
A Reference Guide to the Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management When Ronald Dys was born in Berkeley, California in 1947, the total charge for his birth at Alta Bates Hospital was $108.36.
A Reference Guide to the Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management In the tiny town of Scottsboro, Alabama, there’s an unlikely megastore: the Unclaimed Baggage Center. It’s where the airlines sell property travelers leave b [...]
A Reference Guide to the Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management Earlier this year, the home makeover series “Tidying Up” became a bingeworthy TV sensation. The benefit of an organized home, according to inventor Marie Kon [...]
Simplify's own Marta Shultz and Doug Marrs sat down at ASCA 2019 with John Goehle of The ASC Podcast. Listen in for a deep discussion of why ASC software should be based around the real-world problems ASC Administrators are facing [...]
A Reference Guide to the Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management Whether you’ve worked your way up from scrub tech, or joined directly from a hospital or health system Operating Room team, starting out as an ASC administra [...]