Becker's Healthcare June 16, 2023
Four ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest obstacles to ASC ownership.
Question: What are the biggest obstacles to ASC ownership right now?
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for brevity and clarity.
Jeff Baird. Former Administrator of Willamette Ear, Nose, Throat & Facial Plastic Surgery (Salem, Ore.): Buy-in costs for new providers can be overwhelming, especially if they just bought into a practice. Make the path to ownership less costly with sweat equity and/or incremental buy-ins. Additionally, management of smaller ASCs can be hard to staff with the appropriate number and or level management personnel which can create significant downstream risk across the board.
Susheela Bala, MD. Owner of ACE Endoscopy Center (Rialto, Calif.): Costs...
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