Becker's Healthcare January 14, 2025
The ASC industry is facing increased consolidation as some ASCs look to partnerships with hospitals and health systems to stay afloat in a challenging economic climate.
These partnerships are increasingly popular as ASCs may benefit from the shared resources from hospitals or larger systems, and those larger systems may see ASCs as an effective way to achieve cost savings and add valuable services for patients.
However, power imbalances can also lead to strife in these relationships, and some ASCs remain wary of involvement with larger provider organizations. According to L.E.K. Consulting’s “2024 ASC Insights Study,” there are several common ways that provider organization ASC strategies “fail to meet [the] expectations” of ASCs.
Here are the chief pitfalls...
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