Becker's Healthcare March 3, 2025
ASC hospital dynamics have been evolving over the last several years as hospitals look increasingly to ASCs for their cost-savings potential and benefits to patients.
Glen DeBrueys, a seasoned ASC leader and CEO of East Brunswick, N.J.-based AmericanSurgisite, recently joined Becker’s to discuss the evolution and future of ASC-hospital relationships.
Mr. DeBrueys has managed and operated ASCs since 1987, when he first launched a joint venture with 13 ophthalmologists. Within 10 years, the group had developed four surgery centers in New Jersey, which were then sold to a public company. Mr. DeBrueys eventually bought back those surgery centers and expanded the company across several states.
In 2017, “with the advent of private equity discovering ophthalmology,” according to Mr....