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[patient satifaction (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/patient-satifaction) - [payment (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/payment) - [personalized care (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/personalized-care) - [physician offices (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/physician-offices) - [pricing (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/pricing) - [recovery (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/recovery) - [screening (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/screening) - [sleep apnea (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/sleep-apnea) - [staff burden (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/staff-burden) - [staffing shortage (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/staffing-shortage) - [top 12 (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/top-12) - [vendor communication (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/vendor-communication) - [vendors (1)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/tag/vendors) See all [![](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hubfs/nurses%20on%20computers.jpg)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/3-areas-that-are-costing-your-asc-unnecessary-money) 11.17.2020[One Medical Passport](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/author/one-medical-passport) ## [3 Areas that are Costing your ASC Unnecessary Money](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/3-areas-that-are-costing-your-asc-unnecessary-money) Across healthcare, increasing quality and decreasing costs are two common goals. To keep your ASC running efficiently, it’s crucial to cut the fat. Where are you spending money that you don’t need to be spending? Here are 3 areas to think about as we enter into the new year. [Read More](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/3-areas-that-are-costing-your-asc-unnecessary-money) [![Payment Plans in an ASC](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hubfs/iStock-1138318122-1.jpg)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/why-payment-plans-are-important-in-healthcare) 07.01.2020[One Medical Passport](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/author/one-medical-passport) ## [Why Payment Plans Are Important in Healthcare](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/why-payment-plans-are-important-in-healthcare) The twofold goal of every ASC is the same: provide excellent ambulatory care, increase revenue. When we think of growing revenue, we often focus only on filling up the OR and working more efficiently. But payment plans are a crucial way to avoid leaving money on the table.  [Read More](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/why-payment-plans-are-important-in-healthcare) [![](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hubfs/iStock-1214329173.jpg)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/top-challenges-for-ascs-in-2020) 05.18.2020[One Medical Passport](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/author/one-medical-passport) ## [Top Challenges for ASCs in 2020](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/top-challenges-for-ascs-in-2020) As healthcare evolves daily, some crucial challenges remain for ASCs. What does the 2020 landscape hold? Consider these key challenges and what to do about them. [Read More](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/top-challenges-for-ascs-in-2020) [![](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hubfs/iStock-1212566914-1.jpg)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/are-you-prepared-for-the-boom-ahead) 04.27.2020[Stephen Punzak MD](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/author/stephen-punzak-md) ## [Are You Prepared for the Boom Ahead?](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/are-you-prepared-for-the-boom-ahead) In these dark days of closed facilities and furloughed/terminated staff, it is easy to get caught up in how unfair, unforeseen, and terribly depressing this situation has been for ambulatory surgery centers and the world.   [Read More](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/are-you-prepared-for-the-boom-ahead) [![](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hubfs/iStock-824273740.jpg)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/how-to-avoid-costly-cancellations-at-your-asc) 03.11.2020[One Medical Passport](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/author/one-medical-passport) ## [How to Avoid Costly Cancellations at Your ASC](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/how-to-avoid-costly-cancellations-at-your-asc) A last-minute surgery cancellation can be a costly occurrence. The [Association for periOperative Registered Nurses](https://www.aorn.org/about-aorn) recommends keeping same-day cancellation rates under 2%. This is an exceptionally low rate, but not one that is unachievable. Something as simple as a pre-surgery reminder text can significantly reduce costly cancellations. [Read More](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/how-to-avoid-costly-cancellations-at-your-asc) [![iStock-1140747613](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hubfs/iStock-1140747613.jpg)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/how-to-prepare-for-asc-ownership-changes) 01.16.2020[One Medical Passport](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/author/one-medical-passport) ## [How to Prepare for ASC Ownership Changes](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/how-to-prepare-for-asc-ownership-changes) More and more, hospital systems and private entities are exploring ventures into the ASC market. Here’s what you can do to successfully navigate and flourish under an ownership change. [Read More](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/how-to-prepare-for-asc-ownership-changes) [![iStock-1128967599-1](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hubfs/iStock-1128967599-1.jpg)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hiring-dos-and-donts-in-your-asc) 12.30.2019[Stephen Earnhart](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/author/stephen-earnhart) ## [Hiring Dos and Don'ts in Your ASC](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hiring-dos-and-donts-in-your-asc) Anyone reading this has been hired to do a job, has hired others, or both. It is soooo expensive to find the right person, with the right skills, and the right fit for the position and your company culture. If you are the person hiring someone, typically all you have available to you is his or her resume for screening. Then after you identify half a dozen (if you are lucky) you have the process of screening them via a phone interview and then an on-site interview. Tedious, time consuming, and expensive! And...if you are the person looking to be hired, it is sometimes the roll of the dice if you will get the attention of the hiring manager. [Read More](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hiring-dos-and-donts-in-your-asc) [![iStock-1160853015](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hubfs/iStock-1160853015.jpg)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/what-your-ambulatory-surgery-center-should-do-to-get-ready-for-2020) 12.16.2019[Stephen Earnhart](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/author/stephen-earnhart) ## [What Your Ambulatory Surgery Center Should Do To Get Ready for 2020](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/what-your-ambulatory-surgery-center-should-do-to-get-ready-for-2020)   Two thousand twenty. [Read More](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/what-your-ambulatory-surgery-center-should-do-to-get-ready-for-2020) [![Screen Shot 2019-08-12 at 11.12.02 AM](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202019-08-12%20at%2011.12.02%20AM.png)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/what-you-didnt-know-you-needed-to-outsource-in-your-ambulatory-surgery-center-asc) 09.16.2019[Stephen Earnhart](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/author/stephen-earnhart) ## [What You Didn't Know You Needed to Outsource in Your Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)](https://blog.onemnethealth.com/what-you-didnt-know-you-needed-to-outsource-in-your-ambulatory-surgery-center-asc) Well, we all do it. Some more than others; some do it all the time, others, just a few times per month. After awhile, you want to do it all the time – and that is when you open yourself up for disappointment. 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