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As ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) face the stark reality that their upcoming payment system will provide less money for many specialties, managers are looking at their expenses to determine where they can cut costs. The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Spartanburg (SC) has taken steps that have resulted in a 10% reduction in total supply costs.
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The year 1976 was a leap year that saw Rocky win the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for best picture, the first flight of the Concorde, the formation of Apple Computer Co., and the first issue of Same-Day Surgery.
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Ask a science fiction fan about the operating room of the future and you might hear about surgeons transporting from OR to OR, images and lab reports that magically appear, or lights and equipment that operate according to the surgeon's thoughts.
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Under newly published Medicare requirements, hospitals now may complete a history & physical (H&P) within 30 days of outpatient surgery, and it must be added to the record within 24 hours of admission.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved a pass-through payment that provides additional device payments for the X STOP procedure when the device is implanted in a hospital outpatient setting.
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Do you ever compare yourself with others? Do you compare how you look and what you weigh? What about how much you make and what kind of car you drive? What about other things, like your supply cost per case? What are other people paying for the same stuff you buy? Nothing riles us quicker than thinking we have been taken advantage of in some aspect of life.
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Since the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations launched its unannounced surveys in January, more than 1,370 organizations have gone through the new process.
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Don't think that your staff can fake their way through answers during the patient tracer section of an unannounced survey by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, says Nancy Hammes, patient care director in day surgery at Franciscan Skemp La Crosse (WI) Campus.
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Between 2% and 5% of patients undergoing surgical procedures will develop a surgical site infection that results in additional costs that range from $2,734 to $26,019 for each infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control's National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system.
