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E-mail swasek@outpatientsurgery.net.
taking care of patients who can't pay. But it does mean we really have to maximize
resources to get quality care for patients."
Aside from meeting all these quality and documentation challenges, there are 3
keys to making the future a bright one, says Ms. Danels:
1. Retaining staff. Twin Rivers has preceptorship programs for all positions to
ensure staff are well trained and don't get frustrated and move on.
2. Recruiting physicians. They bring the cases, and it's difficult to find surgeons,
particularly very specialized ones, in the small, very rural "boot-heel" of Missouri.
3. Increasing awareness. By charging various staff with oversight of inventories,
Ms. Danels is able to "manage up" — increase employee satisfaction by giving
them expanded responsibilities, even if there's no place for them to be promoted.
— Stephanie Wasek
What's been the trend in your surgical volume over 2012?
ASCs
HOSPITALS
Volume Has
Remained Consistent
35.5%
Volume Has
Decreased
24.9%
Volume Has
Decreased
34.4%
Volume Has Grown
39.6%
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Volume Has
Remained Consistent
29.7%
Volume Has Grown
35.9%
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