Becker's Healthcare July 20, 2022
Seven ASC leaders were asked what ASC competition will look like in five years. This is how they responded:
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for clarity and length.
Paul Doelling. Director of Mohr Partners (St. Louis): Competition will continue to grow and more surgery centers will be purchased at higher prices due to their ability to increase physician’s profits due to their ownership or lease over the building.
Kimberly Brown, MD. Chief of gastroenterology at the Henry Ford Health System (Detroit): I feel the competition will increase. The hospitals are realizing that the future for most surgeries will be performing them in ASCs. Hospitals are starting to build their own ASCs or partnering with already established ASCs....