Becker's Healthcare January 2, 2024
Staffing shortages have been a persistent issue in healthcare, affecting hospitals and ASCs alike. In face of this daunting problem, will ASCs sink or swim?
ASC leaders are grappling with existing staffing shortages, rising costs of operating a practice and declining reimbursement from CMS — all while competing with large health systems and hospitals.
“I think the biggest threat towards ASCs in 2023 is staffing, especially qualified, experienced staffing in all areas of an ASC, including business office, pre-op, OR (both nursing and surgical technicians), post-anesthesia care unit and recovery nurses. In addition, sterile processing technicians,” Michael Powers, administrator of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Children’s West Surgery Center, told Becker’s. “Each of these areas require a certain set of skills that...
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