Becker's Healthcare June 2, 2023
If current trends continue, tomorrow’s ASC leaders will face a litany of obstacles just as the leaders of today are.
Here are three challenges future ASCs leaders may have to face:
Continued consolidation
Seventy percent of ASCs are independent, according to a report from VMG Health. However, this doesn’t mean that all ASCs will remain that way. One-third of hospital revenue is shifting to ASCs, office-based labs and other outpatient sites, according to JLL’s “Healthcare and Medical Office Perspective” report. As more eyes, and dollars, drift toward ASCs, the lure of partnerships becomes more alluring.
“You have more purchasing power with a hospital, you get better group purchasing rates,” Melissa Hermanson, DNP, RN, administrator of Vineland, N.J.-based...