Becker's Healthcare January 24, 2025
From anesthesia reimbursement declines to supply chain costs, seven ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest ASC challenges in 2025.
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for clarity and length.
Question: What’s the profitability killer you’re most worried about in 2025 and why?
Frank Garofalo. Administrator of Providence Summit Surgery Center (Santa Clarita, Calif.): Anesthesia costs and income guarantees. The current market is standardizing income guarantee and elevated supplemental anesthesia group costs. Reimbursement is lacking in covering anesthesia costs to reimbursement ratios.
Barbara Graves. Administrator of Greater Cleveland (Ohio) Hospital’s The Surgery Center: Without a doubt, the continued increase in supply costs and shipping is taking a toll on profitability, coupled with the third-party lack of...
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