Becker's Healthcare August 28, 2023
Paige Haeffele

Seven ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the disruptors with the most potential to shake up the ASC industry.

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Question: What disruptor poses the biggest threat to ASCs?

Paula Autry. CEO of Leadership DNAmics (Grass Lake, Mich.): The early onset of ASCs was an opportunity for entrepreneurial surgeons to provide access to surgery for patients in their communities in an environment that they perceived to be more comfortable than hospitals. Since inception, health systems have been conflicted on ASC development, given that reimbursements can be less than hospital-based reimbursements and partnering with...

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