Ambulatory Surgery Center Experts

Everything your ASC needs to stay survey-ready

Regulatory oversight, infection control, life safety, finances, mock surveys, startups and more — for surgery centers nationwide. Work with us ongoing as part of your team, or bring us in for a single project. No hourly fees. No ownership.

Ready for: AAAHCTJCQuad A ACHCDNVCMSState surveyors
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Ongoing Retainer · most popular

Your embedded compliance department—always survey-ready, one flat monthly fee.

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One-Time Projects

A mock survey, a policy overhaul, an A/R cleanup, a startup—no long-term commitment.

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The Full Range

Regulatory, financial, infection control, life safety, startup & more.

Retainer or project
Ongoing support, or a single engagement—your call
Flat fee
No hourly billing · no ownership · no equity
Nationwide
Surgery centers of every size & specialty
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The ASC Podcast with John Goehle

Where a lot of our clients first meet us

Free, plain-language guidance on regulations, survey readiness, governance, and operations—new episodes on every major platform.

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Why AHS is different

We’re not just advisors. We’re part of your team.

Most centers don’t need another outside firm that reviews from a distance and hands over a report. Because our work is retainer-based, we function as an extension of your staff—your embedded compliance department—keeping policies updated, your team prepared, and your documentation rock-solid, whether you’re facing AAAHC, TJC, Quad A, ACHC, DNV, CMS, or state surveyors.

The result is a center that is survey-ready every day, not just in the weeks before a survey.

The AHS difference

  • Monthly flat fee — no hourly billing
  • No ownership stake or equity requirement
  • Retainer-based: we’re part of your team, not an outside firm
  • Active, hands-on support — not just recommendations
  • Year-round oversight for centers nationwide
  • Led by one of the country’s foremost ASC regulatory experts

What We Do

Real-world, hands-on support for surgery centers

From survey readiness to startup guidance—without the need for a management company or ownership stake.

How we work with you

Two ways to get our expertise

Nearly everything we do can be delivered as ongoing retainer support or as a defined, one-time project.

Most centers choose this

Ongoing Retainer

We become your embedded compliance department—continuous oversight, always survey-ready, one predictable monthly fee. Because it’s a retainer, we can be in the room and speak on your behalf during a survey.

One-Time Project

Need one specific thing handled? We scope it, do it, and hand you results—no long-term commitment. Many centers start here, see the difference, and move to a retainer.

Grow beyond compliance

Your financial partner, too

Regulatory oversight is our core—but many centers don’t realize their numbers are costing them. On a single retainer (priced to what you need), we become your ASC’s finance department: board-ready quarterly statements, governing-body reporting, oversight of A/R, A/P, inventory and distributions, plus KPIs and benchmarking.

Already a compliance client? Add financial oversight to the same retainer—one team, one flat fee, a complete ASC back office.

What your board will notice

  • Clean, unaudited quarterly financial statements
  • Clear reporting—we’ll even attend governing-body meetings
  • True cost-per-case and margin by specialty
  • Correctly calculated owner/partner distributions
  • KPIs, benchmarking & budget-to-actual clarity

Who We Help

Whatever stage you’re in, we meet you there

From independent single-specialty centers to hospital joint ventures, we tailor oversight to your team and your surveyors.

  • Independent ambulatory surgery centers
  • Newly opening & de novo centers
  • Centers recovering from a difficult survey
  • Hospital & health-system joint ventures
  • Leadership teams who need a compliance partner

In their words

Centers that stopped playing catch-up

“We passed with zero deficiencies. AHS made all the difference.”

ASC Administrator, NY

“They don’t operate like an outside firm — they’re our compliance department.”

Director of Nursing, TX

“After years of playing catch-up, we finally feel in control.”

CEO, Multispecialty ASC

Get started

Let’s make your center survey-ready

Tell us about your center and where you are with your next survey. We’ll follow up personally—whether you need ongoing oversight or a single project.

Urgent situations

Just failed a survey? In crisis?

Failed or struggled through a survey, lost the leaders who knew how everything worked, or your license or accreditation is at risk? If your center is serious about turning things around, tell us what’s happening—we’ll respond quickly.

Part of a family of ASC resources

Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies is one part of John Goehle’s work with the surgery center community — alongside education, a podcast, and books.