Becker's Healthcare February 13, 2025
As the independent physician market is shrinking, many ASC leaders are concerned about what they see to be problematic behavior from hospital employees.
Shakeel Ahmed, MD, CEO of Atlas Surgical Group in St. Louis, joined Becker’s to discuss this trend.
Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.
Question: How do hospital-employed physicians versus independent physicians affect ASCs’ ability to grow, and do you see hospital consolidations further limiting ASC opportunities in the market?
Shakeel Ahmed: From my personal experience over the last few decades, the single greatest injustice in healthcare is the undue restrictions hospitals place on their employed physicians, preventing them from referring outside their networks. In nearly every case, if these hospitals...
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