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97. Median preprocedure time for low back
injections was 56 minutes, and organiza-
tions with the shortest preprocedure times
attributed results to preparing the paperwork
and educating patients prior to the day of the
procedure.
98. Median procedure time was five minutes
for low back injections in the surgery center.
Median discharge time aer low back injec-
tions in the ASC was 21 minutes, with a
range of six to 49 minutes.
99. Eighty-seven percent of patients waited
less than a month from scheduling their low
back injection to undergoing the procedure
in the ASC.
100. Ninety-four percent of patients said they
were able to schedule their low back injections
in an ASC within a "reasonable" period to time.
101. Eighty-four percent of patients reported
returning to daily activities aer undergoing
low back injections in ASCs.
102. Eighty-three percent of patients said
they experienced less pain aer the low back
injections.
103. Fiy-four percent reduced pain medica-
tions aer the procedure.
Case volume & revenue
e following statistics are based on VMG
Health's Intellimarker Ambulatory Surgical
Centers Financial & Operational Benchmark-
ing Study 2018 report.
104. Case volume mix as a percentage of
total cases:
• Gastroenterology: 34 percent
• Ophthalmology: 26 percent
• Orthopedics: 21 percent
• Pain management: 21 percent
• Otolaryngology: 12 percent
• General surgery: 9 percent
• Oral surgery: 9 percent
• Urology: 8 percent
• Obstetrics and gynecology: 6 percent
• Plastic surgery: 5 percent
• Podiatry: 6 percent
105. Net revenue per case:
• Orthopedics: $3,458
• Otolaryngology: $2,543
• Podiatry: $2,688
• Urology: $2,483
• Obstetrics and gynecology: $2,933
• General surgery: $2,235
• Plastic surgery: $2,010
• Ophthalmology: $1,442
• Oral surgery: $950
• Pain management: $1,245
• Gastroenterology: $1,027
ASC leader pay and
demographics
e following statistics are based on OR
Manager's 2018 Salary/Career survey, which
fielded responses from ASC and hospital
administrators across the U.S. on salary, job
satisfaction and more.
106. Forty-three percent of hospital leaders
said they earned $120,000 or more annually,
compared to 37 percent of ASC leaders.
107. In 2017, 40 percent of hospital leaders
said they earned $120,000 or more, com-
pared to 29 percent for ASC leaders.
108. Only 16 percent of ASC leaders said
they earned less than $80,000.
109. e average age of respondents was 51.7
years old.
110. irty-four percent of respondents had
a master's degree.
111. Eighty-nine percent were female.
112. Over 70 percent were RNs. n
Former orthopedic clinic employee allegedly wrote 100+ pain
med prescriptions for herself: 5 things to know
By Laura Dyrda
A
former Nashville, Tenn.-based Hughston Ortho-
pedic Clinic at TriStar Centennial nurse allegedly
wrote more than 100 prescriptions for painkillers
for herself over three years, according to a KREM 2 report.
Here are five things to know:
1. The nurse is accused of writing herself 104 prescriptions
for 8,764 hydrocodone pills and 2,880 pills of the muscle
relaxer Soma. She wrote the prescriptions over a three-year
period using blank, pre-signed prescription slips.
2. The slips she used to write prescriptions for herself
were originally intended for patient refills. When her
actions were discovered in October 2017, the nurse was
fired.
3. In August, the nurse's license was suspended in con-
nection with the fraudulent prescriptions. She is eligible
to regain her license after completing the Tennessee
Professional Assistance Program designed to rehabilitate
addicted medical professionals.
4. The nurse said a physician gave her permission to use
the blank prescription sheets to prescribe pain medica-
tion that would treat her long-term, surgery-related pain.
The nurse claimed she didn't do anything wrong.
5. The nurse worked at The Hughston Clinic for around
four years before she began writing prescriptions for
herself. n
The nurse said a physician gave
her permission to use the blank
prescription sheets to prescribe
pain medication that would
treat her long-term, surgery-
related pain.
