Author: Nikhil Gaikwad

As healthcare organizations face mounting financial and operational strain, efficiency has shifted from a long-term goal to an immediate imperative. During an episode of the Becker’s Private Equity & Business Podcast, Srinivas Velamoor, CEO of NextGen Healthcare, joined Scott Becker…

Electrophysiology (EP) is entering a new phase in the ASC setting. What was once limited to select cases is now expanding quickly, driven by Medicare policy updates, coding changes, and growing clinical confidence in performing complex cardiovascular procedures outside the…

Specialty care is entering a period of rapid transformation driven by shifting care settings, workforce pressures and the growing influence of artificial intelligence and automation. During a Feb. 25 Becker’s Healthcare webinar sponsored by NextGen Healthcare, Sri Velamoor, president and…

For years, I thought the biggest constraint in our orthopedic practice was capacity. I was wrong. Imagine it’s Sunday afternoon, and you’re sitting in the ER with your mother, who fell walking down the stairs. The physician tells you she…

For many ambulatory surgery center leaders, anesthesia has quietly become the fault line where financial and clinical realities intersect. What was once a stable, predictable service line is now one of the most dynamic sources of both risk and opportunity.…

As ophthalmology practices continue to grow — particularly in high-volume procedures like cataract surgery — administrative workflows are increasingly becoming a constraint on operational scale. Insurance eligibility and benefits verification remains one of the most critical yet labor-intensive revenue cycle…

Revenue cycle performance has always been central to ASC financial health. What’s changing is the level of complexity surrounding it. Rising case acuity, tighter payer scrutiny, and expanding administrative requirements are placing new pressure on business offices that were originally…

Ken Takenaka, M.Ed., ATC, OTC, BCS-O, is director of operations at Orthopedic + Fracture Specialists (Portland, Ore.). In this Q&A, Ken shares how his team rebuilt their surgery scheduling process, improved visibility into their backlog and bottlenecks, and increased throughput,…

In 2025, the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) market continued to solidify its role as a core site of care for elective and increasingly complex outpatient procedures. Growth was driven by steady operator expansion, ongoing industry consolidation, and favorable regulatory tailwinds.…