Becker's Healthcare March 19, 2024
Four ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss what’s driving ASC growth, from total joints to procedure migration.
Question: What is driving ASC growth in 2024?
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for clarity and length.
Thomas Feldman. CEO of the Center for Health ASC (Peoria, Ill.): Market realization of appreciable cost savings for all parties (including patients and insurance carriers/CMS), for identical procedures. Ability of surgeons to perform more complicated surgeries in a setting that lends itself to greater efficiency.
Marissa Freedman. CFO of Compass Surgical Partners (Raleigh, N.C.): ASC growth in 2024 will continue to be fueled by alignment between physicians, health systems and patients that surgical care is best delivered in a setting that is...