Becker's Healthcare December 11, 2023
While ASC owners are hopeful for growth and expansion in 2024 and more procedures shift to the outpatient setting, there are still roadblocks ahead.
In conversations with Becker’s, ASC owners and physicians flagged key concerns for the new year, including the loss of physician autonomy, declining reimbursement rates, administrative tasks, burnout and workforce shortages.
Many leaders said they are worried that as private practice becomes financially unattainable for many, physicians will lose autonomy and patient outcomes will not be prioritized.
“With inflation resulting in rising overhead costs, it becomes more difficult for private practices to remain viable,” Marsha Haley, MD, a clinical assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Pittsburgh, told Becker’s. “These practices are...
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