Boost Your ASC's Online Presence: Leveraging Google Reviews for Success

In today’s digital age, having a robust online presence is crucial for the success of any organization. Whether you’re an independent ASC or part of a larger group of facilities, establishing and maintaining your online presence is key…


Solving the Profitability Puzzle

The Proactive Patient Payment Strategies That Successful ASCs & Other Healthcare Facilities AdoptHealthcare payment is an area ripe for transformation, especially in the settings patients favor most. Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are one of…


4 Tips to Improve Patient Communication in 2023

For the most successful ASCs, comprehensive patient communication helps drive positive outcomes by establishing an open and transparent relationship between the care team and the patient. These messages can help even the busiest patients feel…


How Winning ASCs Meet the Market’s Demand for Total Joint

Outpatient total joint replacements are growing in popularity. Driving the demand are advances in surgical technique, which have resulted in less invasive procedures that require less time to heal. To patients, the concept of recovery at-home and a…


Why Personalized Care is Crucial for Your ASC

A high level of personalized care is expected by patients in today’s competitive, consumer-driven healthcare market. Given that ASCs have the capacity to treat many more patients daily than a traditional hospital setting, it is vital that…


Five Ways Your ASC Can Improve The Patient Experience

For ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) that focus on providing same-day outpatient surgical care, the patient experience is one of the top factors that can make or break the facility. A positive experience increases referrals and builds patient…


How to Increase Payments and Improve the Patient Journey

Patients who understand their medical bills and are offered flexible payment options are far more likely to pay them. Yet, that seldom occurs in the healthcare sector, where escalating medical costs plague many Americans. Government data estimates…


How ASCs Benefit by Offering a Seamless Patient Experience

Healthcare consumerism is gaining momentum every day. Today, patients expect convenience, access, transparency, and control from all their transactions - including those related to surgical care. This growing momentum around the consumerization of…


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Are the Patient Payment Options on Your Website a Dead End?

It is no secret that healthcare providers are struggling to streamline their cash flow because getting patients to pay in a timely fashion is not always an easy job. Medical debt in the United States has become so commonplace that Forbes reports as…


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How ASCs Can Navigate Major Staffing Shortages

One of the most pressing challenges facing ASCs and healthcare organizations today is pervasive staffing shortages. While nursing shortages are nothing new to healthcare industry veterans, the Covid-19 pandemic pushed the issue to a critical turning…


Is Your Patient Experience Fitting for Stars?

In the surgical industry, patients are not only looking for positive clinical outcomes but also exceptional patient experiences throughout their healthcare journey. The patient experience is vital as it spells the difference between patient loyalty…


Staying Ahead Amidst Postponed Elective Surgeries

A growing number of US hospitals have canceled or postponed elective surgeries due to the surging number of Americans sick with Covid-19 (fourth surge). According to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC), more than 95 percent of the new…


3 Digital Tools to Maximize Your ASC Revenue

Surgery centers are gradually rebounding from the revenue impacts of 2020. However, with the massive surgery backlogs, ‘normal’ is not quite there yet thus continuing to affect ASC revenue. The challenge is for ASCs to remain profitable while…


3 Things for ASCs to Consider When Ramping Up Case Volumes

As the COVID-19 pandemic curve shrinks in many states, elective surgeries are also ramping up in surgery centers.  Some patients, however, might still be reluctant to go into medical facilities because of the risks of COVID-19. On the other hand,…


How Hospitals and ASCs Are Affected During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The global pandemic known as COVID-19 has already affected over 280,000 people worldwide. As of March 20, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 15,219 cases and 201 deaths in 54 jurisdictions in the United States due to…


3 Challenges Facing ASC’s and Tips to Overcome Them

With patients having more financial responsibility for their healthcare, outpatient settings like surgery centers are becoming more attractive to patients. In general, surgical procedures at ASC’s are 35% to 50% lower than hospitals. Research from…


How ASC’s Can Use Technology for Better Patient Financial Experience

With an increasing number of patients with high deductible health plans, it is essential that ambulatory surgery centers leverage technology and automation to improve the patient financial experience. According to a ResearchAndMarkets analysis, the…