Becker's Healthcare September 3, 2024
Adam Spiegel, CEO of Irving, Texas-based anesthesia management group NorthStar Anesthesia, joined Becker’s to discuss the benefits ASCs offer clinicians, particularly anesthesia specialists.
Editor’s note: Response has been edited lightly for length and clarity.
Question: What benefits do ASCs offer clinicians?
Adam Spiegel: At a high level, it really is a work-life balance thing. For nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists, it’s about more predictable hours. It’s changed a little bit since COVID, because ASCs are running longer and sometimes they’re running on weekends, but you don’t run into add-on cases and trauma. That sort of kicks things out, and you don’t have on-call, which is the biggest thing. So especially for people who are looking for a little bit more...
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