Feb 17, 2021 | ASC Management, SCSA Explains
While elective surgery restrictions devastated ASC finances in early 2020, the industry largely recovered rapidly and is poised to take on a greater share of procedures in 2021. Four ASC trends that will dominate the space in 2021: 1. Market activity. Driven to reduce...
Jan 13, 2021 | ASC Development, ASC Management, SCSA Explains
Through the years at Surgery Center Services of America we have come across common questions from physicians looking to venture into their first Ambulatory Surgery Center. We have compiled those questions about the ASC industry, in hopes of giving you further insight....
Dec 30, 2020 | ASC Management, SCSA Explains
News in the long awaited COVID-19 relief bill has arrived today! President Donald Trump signed the $900 billion COVID-19 relief and $1.4 trillion spending bill into law Dec. 27. Six details: 1. The law adds $285 billion in PPP funding, which was initially established...
Nov 11, 2020 | ASC Management, SCSA Explains
ASC efficiency and increasing revenue are often the two biggest goals for ASC administrators. 1. Integrate a compressed schedule. One of the most impactful things administrators can do is integrate a compressed or vertical schedule. If a center has multiple ORs with...
Dec 12, 2019 | ASC Development, SCSA Explains
By Ronald Blair Ophthalmic practices today are under increasing pressure to get costs under control and to develop ancillary income streams. With this in mind, the question we most often get asked is whether or not it is “too late” to build an ASC for an ophthalmic...
Dec 12, 2019 | ASC Development, SCSA Explains
By Ronald Blair Introduction This article was prepared for the purpose of documenting the process we went through in the development of a freestanding ambulatory surgery center for ophthalmic practice. We wanted to share our experience so that others might be...