Becker's Healthcare May 6, 2022
Supply chain issues and CMS policies are two of the big obstacles ASCs face in providing patient care.
Seven ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss their biggest enemies in patient care.
Question: What is ASCs’ biggest enemy in providing patient care?
Editor’s note: Responses were edited lightly for length and clarity.
Dianna Reed. Administrator of Sani Eye Surgery Center (Templeton, Calif.): Our biggest enemy is not being able to purchase supplies — both pharmaceutical and surgical packs, etc. — at a competitive price point. It is very difficult to compete, especially during COVID-19, for personal protective equipment and supplies against large hospital surgery centers who have a larger buying power. Staffing can be difficult for registered nurses...
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