Three ASC leaders who spoke with Becker’s independently landed on the same insight: the tools themselves aren’t what’s driving the savings. It’s the workflow redesign around them, and the freed-up staff time that redesign creates, that’s actually moving the needle.…
Leadership & Management
Ravi Chari, MD, the CEO of Orthopedic Solutions Management, said the model behind his company’s growth is simple: Give physicians real control, and the rest follows. OSM, a majority physician-owned management service organization, recently completed its 23rd partnership. The company…
Matthew Eggert, DPT, was named vice president of ambulatory operations for Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Eggert brings nearly two decades of experience at Loyola Medicine, most recently serving as executive director…
Cleveland Clinic realized it wanted to expand access to weekend appointments and that there was genuine patient demand for it. When the system surveyed approximately 13,000 patients regarding what time periods worked best for them, what locations made sense and…
When Dare Meeks, MSN, RN, became chief nursing officer at SCA Health in 2019, she set out to build a culture wherein every nurse, technician and administrator feels not just allowed to speak up, but expected to. Six years later,…
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President Donald Trump has nominated Erica Schwartz, MD, as the next CDC director, he said in an April 16 social media post. Dr. Schwartz, a retired Coast Guard rear admiral, served as deputy surgeon general during President Trump’s first term.…
Specialty Care At An Inflection Point: How AI And Automation Are Reshaping Ambulatory Practices
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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…
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,…
From shrinking anesthesia reimbursement to aggressive payer tactics, orthopedic groups and ASCs are heading into 2026 under mounting financial pressure. Columbia Orthopedic Group CEO Andrew Lovewell joined Becker’s to discuss the anesthesia risks, reimbursement battles and growth priorities shaping his…
Thirteen of Baptist Health’s ASCs have earned recognition from The Leapfrog Group, a designation that signals strong performance on patient safety and quality measures at a time when ASCs are caring for increasingly complex patients. Mandy Gerlach, COO of Coral…