Becker's Healthcare January 14, 2026
The Business Corner is a bimonthly column by Shakeel Ahmed, MD, CEO of St. Louis-based Atlas Surgical Group. This is the second installment.
Over the last few months, I have noticed a subtle but important discussion in the hallways of ASCs, and in the muted discourse of ASC owners around the country. The proverbial sword of Damocles is not so much the ever-looming threat of hospital takeover or declining reimbursement. The issue at the front of the discussion now has become an uncontrolled rise in the cost to do business. The issue now is not so much whether you can run a surgery center. It’s who can actually make money doing it.
I have noticed that volume continues to grow...
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