Becker's Healthcare January 16, 2024
Five ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss how a potential economic downturn could affect ambulatory healthcare space growth.
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for clarity and length.
Anupam Pradhan, MD. Chair of Orthopedic Surgery at Southwest Joint Replacement and Sports Medicine (Dallas): The last few years have been interesting as far as our ambulatory surgery growth. After COVID-19, there was such a pent-up demand for surgery that our centers were busy and schedules were packed. After that initial rush, things got back down to normal. This past year was steady, but probably a little more muted than previous years and years prior to COVID-19.
As far as the economic downturn, I think there’s still a lot...