Suzi Cunningham, administrator at Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center in Redlands, Calif., connected with Becker’s to answer, “What is the future of ASCs in one word and why?”
Note: This response has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Suzi Cunningham: Precarious: ASCs will continue to fight for equal payment as their counterparts. We have the same supply costs, implant costs, insurance costs, overhead costs and staffing costs, yet we get a fraction of what CMS deems appropriate for other settings. If this doesn’t change, ASCs will be squeezed out and the greatest impact will be to the communities we serve.
