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…
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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…
As ASCs take on more volume and higher-acuity procedures, technology decisions are becoming less about innovation for innovation’s sake and more about operational survival. CMS continues to move procedures out of the hospital and into lower-cost outpatient settings, while ASCs…
Health systems across the U.S. shifted capital investments from hospital projects to ambulatory care in 2025, a trend several CEOs said will continue in 2026. Trinity Health New York, for example, prioritized diversifying revenue streams toward lower-cost sites of care…