Category: ASC News

The costs of doing business continue to soar for ASCs, while Medicare and private payer reimbursements continue to decrease. 

While the majority (86.7%) of physician assistants reported satisfaction with their career choice in 2024, there is still a slight increase in burnout symptoms among PAs across all specialties.

For the last several years, ASCs have been popping up in some unlikely places, from vacated mall spaces to churches to day cares. 

The last five years have been competitive in the outpatient surgery sector, with factors including declining reimbursements, staff shortages and rising costs forcing some ASCs to close their doors permanently.

ASCs have grown and evolved exponentially in a short span, placing them at the forefront of change in healthcare.

The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers  elected  two new members to their board of directors in a July 30 release. 

The world of ASCs is growing and changing quickly as administrators and physicians juggle increased demand, inflation, reimbursement declines and staff shortages. Here are four ASCs with pioneering business models, as reported by Becker’s: 

Strategic investments are crucial for healthcare leaders to stay ahead of trends, prepare for future challenges and ensure long-term success in a landscape that is changing rapidly.

More than 70% of physicians reported working — some more than 90 minutes a day — while they were on paid time off, according to a July 30 article on the American Medical Association’s website. 

ASCs closely watch the increasing pace of hospital and health system consolidation as it affects their ability to access economies of scale in their market. Here’s five of the major hospital acquisitions reported by Becker’s in July: