Staffing costs are a large contributor to an ambulatory surgery center's expenses.
Here are 13 metrics on orthopedics-driven ASC staffing from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2012:
1. Nurse staff wage: $32.71/hour
2. Tech staff wage: $21.40/hour
3. Administrative staff wage: $24.50/hour
4. Administrator salary: $126,965
5. Nurse hours per case: 8.9
6. Tech hours per case: 3.3
7. Administrative hours per case: 6.3
8. Administrator hours per case: 0.7
9. Employee salary and wages: 21.2 percent of net revenue
10. Employee salary and wages per case: $508.77
11. Nurse FTE: 13.1
12. Tech FTE: 5.4
13. Administrative FTE: 9.3