Becker's Healthcare October 16, 2023
From cardiology to minimally invasive spine procedures, four ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss which procedures they see moving to the outpatient setting.
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for length and clarity.
Les Jebson. Regional Administrator at Prisma Health (Greenville, S.C.): For the proverbial long-term horizon, I believe that we will see a convergence of imaging/procedural and surgical suites. For the short-term horizon, I believe we will see a continued migration of vascular and cardiac procedures to the ASC arena. In both scenarios, there has to be a willingness and collaborative spirit with payers in orchestrating these shifts. In orthopedics, an aggressive migration to more outpatient and 24-hour spine cases along with a consistent trajectory of...