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Is your center prepared for a disaster that could cause you to close your doors, contact patients and staff, and later reopen safely? Information from centers that weathered the recent hurricanes in Florida can apply to any disaster.
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Awareness is caused when general anesthesia isnt sufficient to maintain unconsciousness and to prevent recall during surgery. Common causes include large anesthetic requirements, equipment misuse or failure, and smaller doses of anesthetic drugs, according to a recently published study.
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Outpatient surgery patients can find out what questions to ask about their surgery, their medication, and the day of surgery at a web site (www.smarterpatient.com) sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery in Cincinnati.
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A draft of a South Carolina state health plan includes a one-year moratorium on new ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and expansion of existing ASCs.
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You can save your program a substantial amount of money by examining your business contracts, such as phone service (long distance), and compare prices, suggests Jerry W. Henderson, RN, MBA, CNOR, CASC, executive director of the SurgiCenter of Baltimore in Owings Mills, MD.
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Should I have full-time staff or a mix of full time and per diem? Should I buy equipment or lease? Can our surgeons approach our hospital (a not-for-profit facility) and buy into it? Should I outsource billing or do it in-house? Should my facility undergo physical expansion or expand hours of operation? Should I offer salary increases or profit sharing? Should I allow new investors vs. a closed shop? Should the administrator of an ASC be an RN or business manager?
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In this second part of a two-part series on outsourcing your coding, billing, and collections, we discuss billing benchmarks and tips for how to get paid by the insurance company. In last months issue, we discussed how to determine whether to outsource.
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Celebrities, such as Today show weatherman Al Roker, tout the dramatic impact that plastic surgery has had on their lives. So-called reality television programs show people who say plastic surgery has changed their lives forever.
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In this second part of a two-part series on cost savings in ambulatory surgery, we discuss how to save money on occupancy costs and telecommunications. Last month, we discussed cost-efficiency in administrative support, employee benefits, salaries, and services.
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Fewer instruments to handle, no risk of electrosurgical burns, less postoperative pain, and a speedier recovery are the advantages of a new tonsillectomy technique that uses radio frequency waves and salt water to remove tissue without damaging surrounding healthy tissue, according to surgeons performing the procedure.
