Becker's Healthcare January 14, 2026
As surgical cases continue to shift out of the hospital and into outpatient facilities, physician offices have become increasingly common settings for less-invasive procedures.
Here are three recent developments related to the rise in office-based procedures and the regulations surrounding them:
1. Some ASC leaders have expressed concern over the rise in office-based procedures, Jeffrey Flynn, COO of Gramercy Healthcare and president of the New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, told Becker’s that ASCs should focus more on complex cases rather than worrying about lower-acuity procedures migrating to physicians’ offices.
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