Surgery Same day

Built by a Perioperative RN who still works clinical shifts, these insights help teams catch clinical and administrative gaps before they result in a wasted 7 AM block.

Patient safety

Your Patient Is Dressed and Ready. Your Pre-Op System Is Not.

May 19, 2026

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9 min read

Your Patient Is Dressed and Ready. Your Pre-Op System Is Not.

Incomplete pre-op workflows are the leading cause of same-day cancellations at independent ASCs, and the research shows one workflow change cuts avoidable cancellations by 50%. The problem is not the patient. It is the system built around the wrong word.

Yetsenia Tyson

Surgical Supply Chain

Quiet Swaps and Empty Shelves. The 100% Glove Tax: What It Is Costing Your Independent ASC This Quarter.

May 5, 2026

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7 min read

Quiet Swaps and Empty Shelves. The 100% Glove Tax: What It Is Costing Your Independent ASC This Quarter.

While large health systems hide behind GPO contracts, South Florida independent facilities are absorbing a tariff squeeze that turns profitable cases into break-even risks; here is what to audit before your next invoice arrives

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

RCM

Your ASC may be losing $720,000 this year. Here is why.

Apr 21, 2026

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7 min read

Your ASC may be losing $720,000 this year. Here is why.

The 2026 CMS payment update for your independent ASC earned is already at risk. A two-percentage-point penalty for one reporting gap can cost your center $720,000 this year, and most floor teams have never been told the connection exists.

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

Surgery Same day

Your Patient Is Dressed and Ready. Your Pre-Op System Is Not.

Quiet Swaps and Empty Shelves. The 100% Glove Tax: What It Is Costing Your Independent ASC This Quarter.

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

Your ASC may be losing $720,000 this year. Here is why.

Three Medication Classes Your Pre-Op Intake Is Missing

The Prior Authorization Trap

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