Becker's Healthcare March 24, 2025
Eight leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest disruptors of the ASC industry.
Question: In your view, what’s the most significant disruptor shaking up the ASC industry today, and how is it impacting your center?
Shakeel Ahmed, MD, CEO of St. Louis-based ASC group Atlas Surgical Group. There are multiple headwinds facing us. Anesthesia shortage, hospital adversity, draconian CON laws. The list goes on. But in my opinion, the single biggest disruptor in the ASC industry is the inability to maintain positive cash flow — despite rising costs of goods, increasing employee salaries, persistent pressure to lower facility fees and the continued inaction by CMS to adjust reimbursement rates in line with inflation. Our ASC franchise is taking this...
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