Becker's Healthcare March 26, 2024
ASCs around the country are facing two major care disruptors: Rising labor costs and anesthesia provider shortages.
Here’s a breakdown of these disruptions:
Labor costs
High labor costs are affecting ASCs’ ability to staff their centers.
The percentage of healthcare providers with an internal minimum wage of more than $15 per hour went from 15.6% to 29.1% from 2022 to 2023, according to a recent survey from consulting firm SullivanCotter.
“The increase in wages necessary to retain and recruit to skilled professional positions continues to well outpace any real or even projected rise in reimbursements,” Thomas Feldman, CEO of Peoria, Ill.-based Center for Health ASC, told Becker’s.
In the last year, 56% of ASCs have seen an...
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