Becker's Healthcare January 26, 2024
Four ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the workforce trends that are affecting surgery centers most at the moment.
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for brevity and clarity.
Grant Cook. CEO of National Surgery Consultants (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Higher pay rates for really any clinical position in the ASC with a limited number of people out there to fill roles.
William Hightower. Executive Director of Shelby Baptist Ambulatory Surgery Center (Birmingham, Ala.): Most of our staff chooses to work at an ASC for a reason. They are choosing work-life balance over the boost in pay they could gain by working in the traditional hospital environment. The problem we are starting to see is that as more ambulatory...