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Steve Hockert, chief development officer at Southlake, Texas-based Solara Surgical, joined Becker’s to discuss the strongest tailwinds fueling ASC expansion and the headwinds operators must navigate over the next decade. Editor’s note: This interview was edited lightly for clarity and…
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In 2024, Becker’s reported on 12 academic medical centers that had opened or were developing new ASCs and outpatient centers. In 2025, that number increased to 14, representing a slow but steadily growing interest in ASC investments by academic medical…
Health systems have been leaning into ASC development in recent years as patient preferences, value-based incentives and operational costs make the outpatient shift a central aspect of growth strategies. Walter Allen Fink, DO, chief medical officer of UT Health San…
As CMS continues to move more procedures into the outpatient setting, ASC leaders say growth opportunities are expanding but not without risk. The “shiny new thing” for many ASCs today often means newly approved outpatient procedures, higher-acuity cases or specialty…
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In November, CMS finalized plans to add 560 codes to the ASC covered procedure list — a change expected to accelerate service line expansion and development activity across the ASC industry. At the same time, CMS finalized a three-year phaseout…
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