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Archive >  Surgical Construction 2002

How to Negotiate the Red Tape

Regulatory skill can literally make or break an ASC. Make sure you're prepared.

Judith Lee, Contributing Editor

In the brave new world of ambulatory surgery centers, bricks and mortar, equipment, and staff are important-but they must defer to a higher order. From the moment you conceive of building a center, you should be planning to negotiate several critical regulatory hurdles that truly can make or break an ASC.

 

 

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