Becker's Healthcare February 16, 2023
Although the ASC industry remains fragmented, some leaders are worried about the viability of independent ASCs amid an increasingly consolidated healthcare landscape.
“I am focused on the consolidation of health systems, capital equity firms, private practices and third-party payers purchasing practices and ASCs,” Matt Kraemer, administrator of Northern Arizona Healthcare in Flagstaff, told Becker’s. “These types of collaborations and alliances may create difficulty for patients to gain access to an perceived out-of-network or preferred provider organization, specifically with surgical interventions in the ASC setting.”
The ASC industry has slowly begun to consolidate in the last few years. Roughly 70 percent of ASCs remain independent, leaving “room for further consolidation at the individual-facility level,” according to a Jan. 26 report...
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