Becker's Healthcare May 25, 2023
Philip Blair, CEO of Surgery Center Services of America, spoke with Becker’s about ASC companies’ biggest growth focus and why cardiology is so important for ASCs.
Question: What is Surgery Center Services of America’s biggest growth focus in the next five years?
Editor’s note: This response was edited lightly for brevity and clarity.
Philip Blair: Given that reimbursements have been increasing in general, some procedures have a more profitable facility fee setting in an ASC. Obviously, cardio and orthopedics are a big deal. We’ve seen a huge push especially in the last couple years during COVID-19 — ASCs with catheterization labs and with office-based lab hybrid models. That’s a huge push.
A lot of cardiologists are...