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4 PUBLISHER'S LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ASC MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17 56 Statistics on ASC Operating Expense per Case Lahey Health Lays Off 75 Employees as ASC Visits Plummet 4.5% Campbell Clinic has Sights Set on ASC in $30M Expansion Plans 3 Biggest Opportunities for ASCs Today, 4 Healthcare Reforms That Will Affect ASCs Most in the Future 39% of ASCs are 15+ Years Old, 92% Have Physician Ownership: 14 Statistics on ASCs 5 Statistics on Ophthalmology Net Revenue per Case at Multispecialty ASCs How the CMS Final Rule will Affect Orthopedic ASCs: 5 Key Notes 71% of ASC Staff Approve of EHRs: 6 Survey Findings Investors Turn to ASCs, Urgent Care Centers as Hospital Demand Declines Former Virginia Eye Center Administrator Indicted in Embezzlement Case Hiring Effectively in a Competitive Marketplace — How This Wisconsin ASC Administrator Finds Viable Candidates Tennessee ASC Performs 1st Implantable Eye Telescope Procedure in Cataract Patient Recruiting Staff in a Marketplace With 2 Large Hospital Systems: Milwaukee ASC Executive Director Fawn Esser Lipp Weighs In 10 Statistics on RN Compensation by Practice Setting 4 Opportunities in Outpatient Spine from Dr. Frank Phillips 28 Statistics on ASC Drug, Medical Supply Expense Trump's Tax Reform Plan: 7 Key Notes First Hill Surgery Center Adds TJR—5 Insights EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: 7 Ways gMed's Endoscopy Report Writer Improves Efficiency and Patient Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 JOINT VENTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-26 Which ASC Company has Grown the Most in 2017? 7 Hospitals, Health Systems Opening or Planning ASCs Regent Surgical Health Promotes Bob Ryan to COO: 5 Things to Know FEATURES

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