Perioperative Nursing

Florida Independent Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Your Best Nurse Is Leaving. She Just Has Not Told You Yet.

May 12, 2026

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8 min read

Your Best Nurse Is Leaving. She Just Has Not Told You Yet.

National RN turnover reversed course in 2025, and independent ASCs felt it first. Here is what the research says about why perioperative nurses leave, why they stay, and what a stay interview costs compared to an eleven-week vacancy.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

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The Consolidation Threat No One Is Talking About at Your Tuesday Morning Huddle

Apr 28, 2026

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11 min read

The Consolidation Threat No One Is Talking About at Your Tuesday Morning Huddle

Someone is already looking at your independent ASC. The centers that survive this wave are not the strongest ones; they are the ones that built their operational story before anyone asked to see it.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

Three Medication Classes Your Pre-Op Intake Is Missing

Apr 14, 2026

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16 min read

Three Medication Classes Your Pre-Op Intake Is Missing

One of them causes life-threatening DKA when blood sugar looks completely normal. All three are sitting on your patients' medication lists right now, uncaptured, because your intake form is asking the wrong question.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

Apr 7, 2026

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17 min read

The Prior Authorization Trap

How AI-driven denial systems are targeting South Florida ASCs in 2026, and the five workflow moves that change the math in your favor.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

CMS just added 271 new procedures to your ASC. Is your pre-op ready?

Mar 31, 2026

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10 min read

CMS just added 271 new procedures to your ASC. Is your pre-op ready?

Higher acuity cases are coming through your door. Your current intake process was not built for this.

Yetsenia Tyson

ASC Operations

46% of your cases need prior authorization! Does Florida's January 19th Prior Authorization Regulation Impact Your Earnings?

Mar 24, 2026

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10 min read

46% of your cases need prior authorization! Does Florida's January 19th Prior Authorization Regulation Impact Your Earnings?

CMS made Florida a testing ground for a 5-year prior authorization demonstration. Here is your 5-point audit to protect your 2026 margins.

Yetsenia Tyson

ASC Operations

Mar 17, 2026

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13 min read

Your CRNA Just Retired. Now What?

Issue 003 | OR Edge Morning Report | A survival guide for ASC anesthesia coverage in 2026

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

The pre-op call your nurses are making wrong (and how to fix it in 4 minutes)

Mar 10, 2026

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9 min read

The pre-op call your nurses are making wrong (and how to fix it in 4 minutes)

Most ASCs treat the pre-op call as a reminder. The best ones treat it as a clinical intervention. Here's the difference.

Yetsenia Tyson

ASC Operations

The Revenue Crisis Hiding in Your Pre-Op Suite

Mar 3, 2026

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9 min read

The Revenue Crisis Hiding in Your Pre-Op Suite

Issue 001 | OR Edge Morning Report | The cancellation your team didn't see coming

Yetsenia Tyson