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High labor costs paired with worker shortages have been affecting ASCs' ability to staff their centers.

Certificate-of-need laws, which require healthcare providers and systems to get special permission from the state government before expanding or building a new facility, are often controversial among healthcare leaders. 

Hill Physicians Medical Group is the largest active physician group in the country, with 2,258 locations, according to a Jan. 5 report from healthcare analytics company Definitive Healthcare.

Achieving financial success in an ASC has become more difficult in recent years, with a growing list of challenges threatening and straining the bottom line. With less room for error, surgery centers are seeking solutions that can help them better…

Surgical services make up around 60% of a facility's revenue, according to a 2023 white paper from Medicus Healthcare Solutions, making access to a dwindling number of anesthesia providers nationwide even more precarious. 

There are 126,634 active physician assistants in the country, according to January data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. 

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