Becker's Healthcare January 2, 2024
Here are five key statistics that are shaping the ASC industry this year:
52. The number of ASCs that went from independent to under partnership by a national operator from 2021 to 2022, according to a report from VMG Health. This trend will likely continue as costs soar and it becomes increasingly difficult for independent ASCs to access economies of scale.
“If the current trend of declining reimbursement and rising overhead/salary costs will continue, there will be greater consolidation of ASCs into large organizations (such as United Surgical Partners International),” Vladimir Sinkov, MD, a spine surgeon at Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas as well as founder and CEO of Sinkov Spine Center in that city, told Becker’s in...