The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) recognized the late Nap Gary with a legacy award during the opening session of the 2016 ASCA annual meeting in Dallas, Texas. Gary proposed the award for outstanding service to the ASC community before the 2015 annual meeting; prior to his unexpected passing. The former ASCA and ASCA Foundation…
Regent Surgical Health’s new white paper examines three trends transforming the industry. As value-based care goals drive the movement of more types of surgery from hospitals to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), Regent Surgical Health (Regent) has recognized a shift in how hospitals view their outpatient strategy.“It is no longer a matter of losing some outpatient…
Christopher Stine serves as one of Regent Surgical Health’s purchasing managers and oversees purchasing and supply chain operations for Regent’s centers in the Midwest and Eastern U.S. Stine shares his insights on leveraging data and analytics for cost savings and also forecasts what is on the horizon for data. “We recognize that data-driven supply chain…
Becker’s Hospital Review 7th Annual Meeting, held April 27-30, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, brings together more than 280 hospital business and strategy leaders. The conference will examine ways hospitals can improve their bottom line, and discuss topics including ACOs, physician-hospital integration, improving profitability, and key specialties. More than 1,500 attendees are expected…
In a recently published whitepaper, Regent Surgical Health (Regent) explores three developments that are currently transforming the industry, including: 1. Outpatient Total Joint Replacement (TJR) – Why hospitals should embrace the move of these procedures to an outpatient environment 2. Value-Based Care – The ASC’s role in transitioning from paying for value, not volume 3.…
Bob Ryan to manage growing number of hospital and physician joint venture partnerships Regent Surgical Health, an industry-leading surgery center management and development company specializing in hospital and physician ambulatory surgery center (ASC) joint ventures, today announced the hiring of Bob Ryan as the company’s new vice president of operations for the north eastern United…
As of Jan. 1, 2016, Medicare reduced its reimbursement rate for pain management and gastroenterology by nearly 12 percent and 3 percent, respectively. The problem? Ambulatory surgery centers’ costs are on the rise. In fact, a 2014 report published by The Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. has the highest healthcare costs in the world,…
As the healthcare industry continues to shift more procedures to an outpatient setting, it is critical to ensure comparable outcomes to their inpatient counterpart while continuing to improve patient care. According to the American Hospital Association, 80 percent of surgeries in 1981 were performed on an inpatient basis. As of 2011, that number had shrunk…
Adverse events occur more frequently in surgery than in any other department or specialty. The reasons are numerous, but a primary source — and perhaps the most preventable — frequently involves a breakdown in communication among clinical staff. Incorrect patient data, mislabeling, and missing patient information on forms and in EHRs all contribute to communications…
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) regularly lead to lost revenue, poor surgical outcomes and have a negative impact on the reputation of ambulatory surgery centers. According to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, about one in 25 acute care hospital patients develops at least a single HAI. An estimated 722,000 HAIs occurred in acute…