Becker's Healthcare November 1, 2024
ASCs are experiencing a development boom in the Sun Belt, a region that spans the Southeastern and Southwestern United States. The trend is being driven by demographic shifts, increased healthcare spending and regulatory factors.
Here are five key points about this ASC expansion:
1. Geographically, the Sun Belt — Texas, Florida and Southern California in particular — has higher demand for outpatient care as spending increases and aging populations settle there, Arjun Gangakhedkar, a real estate and financial specialist for newly formed ASC chain Ker Medical and a principal at QHM Partners, told Becker’s.
2. “With the majority of baby boomers set to retire by the end of the decade, many are relocating to places like Florida and Texas,”...