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	Archive > November, 2001	Vol. II, No. 11

Why ASCs Fail

5 factors that can lead to the demise of even the most promising facilities.

Adam Dorin, MD, MBA

Most people who build surgery centers have the best of intentions. However, working hard, being committed to being the best, and using good judgement aren't always enough to make a surgery center thrive or even survive. The surgery centers that exist today are a product of a kind of natural selection-those that start off badly, or start to decline and don't pull themselves together quickly enough, soon disappear.

According to Scott Becker, JD, CPA, a healthcare lawyer in the Chicago-based firm of Ross

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