Becker's Healthcare June 8, 2023
Physician specialist shortages, and predicted shortages, are plaguing health systems nationwide, including ASCs. One major shortage especially affecting ASCs is a shortage of anesthesiologists.
Clinics like the Billings (Mont.) Clinic were seeing a shortage of 35 or more full-time anesthesiologists late last year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Additionally, the U.S. is seeing an ongoing shortage of certain types of anesthesia, with estimated resupply dates continually being pushed back.
Here is what four ASC leaders have told Becker’s about anesthesia shortages and the importance of anesthesiologists for ASCs:
“The anesthesia staffing shortages are not easily solved, particularly as reimbursement shrinks in many markets. Many ASCs are swallowing the bitter pill that they now have to...
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