Becker's Healthcare November 22, 2024
Nine ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the financial issues pressuring ASCs.
Question: What financial pressures or reimbursement challenges are most concerning for ASCs right now?
Editor’s note: This response was edited lightly for clarity and length.
Traci Albers. CEO of Surgical Management Professionals (Sioux Falls, S.D.): There are many financial pressures affecting ASCs. I will address the most pressing ones related to:
1. Expenses: While supplies and staffing have always been the top two expenses, the rate at which they are increasing has accelerated. In addition, anesthesia is now a cost for many ASCs that previously did not have to subsidize their providers. While the impact of increased staffing costs varies by region, shortages with surgical techs...
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