Becker's Healthcare October 12, 2023
Orthopedics has been the golden child of ASC specialties for several years, but why?
Kyle Anderson, vice president of finance and ASC at Ortho Rhode Island in Warwick, spoke with Becker’s to discuss what makes orthopedics so popular at ASCs.
Note: This response has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Question: What makes orthopedics such a popular specialty for ASCs?
Kyle Anderson: I think there’s probably a few drivers to that as far as its popularity specific to orthopedics. The first that comes to mind is the patient experience and patients’ willingness to adopt ambulatory surgery centers as a solution for orthopedics. The orthopedic specialty lends itself to ambulatory care. Although some of these surgeries, many of these...