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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

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Archive >  Surgical Construction 2008

The Case for Corporate Partners

Because business is their business.

Jon Vick

Any product in the marketplace experiences a life cycle consisting of four stages: development, growth, maturity and decline. There is little doubt that, as "products," ambulatory surgical centers are in the maturity stage. There are now about 5,500 Medicare-certified ASCs — more than one for every acute care hospital in the country — and the market is becoming saturated.

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