Becker's Healthcare May 5, 2023
ASCs in some areas of the country are experiencing an increase in publicly insured patients, changing the way they are able to meet margins.
Melissa Hermanson, DNP, RN, administrator of Vineland, N.J.-based Ambulatory Care Center, joined Becker’s to discuss how this issue has affected her center.
Editor’s note: This response was edited lightly for brevity and clarity
Question: How is the increase of publicly insured patients affecting your ASC?
Dr. Melissa Hermanson: So one of the things that is challenging in our particular area of the country is that we are in a particularly economically depressed area where we have a lot of Medicaid patients. We do take Medicaid — we don’t have the luxury of not taking...
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