Becker's Healthcare December 9, 2024
Patsy Newitt

Six ASC leaders joined Becker’s to share the biggest lesson they learned in 2024.

Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for clarity and length.

Brent Ashby. CEO and administrator at Jankat Services (Pueblo, Colo.): Hospital systems are actively engaged in either acquiring or developing their own ASCs. They are offering physician ownership but usually at least than majority ownership. These activities are making it much more challenging for independent ASCs to compete. I believe the move by CMS to allow ASCs to take on higher-level procedures such as total joint replacement, spine surgery, and cardiology procedures has finally spurred the hospitals to action, so it will be a new frontier going forward.

David Fitzgerald. CEO of OrthoNY...

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