John Ryan, CEO of OrthoIndy in Indianapolis, joined Becker's to discuss what solutions he sees to the biggest challenges facing ASCs today.

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are under constant pressure to operate at lower costs than hospitals. Despite staffing shortages, they’re expected to provide a superb patient experience in an increasingly price-sensitive environment. Growing numbers of uninsured, under-insured, and high-deductible patients continue to challenge financial performance. Fortunately, there are ways to improve the patient’s financial experience while also improving self-pay conversion.

John Ryan, CEO of OrthoIndy in Indianapolis, joined Becker's to discuss how ASCs can attract physicians. 

Sandra Berreth, RN, director of the Foothill Surgery Center at Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, Calif.,  joined Becker's to discuss what ASCs can do to attract physicians.

The number of physicians with ownership in their practice is at its lowest since 2017, according to Medical Economics' "2022 Physician Report" released June 18. 

Physician Partners, a primary care platform, named Goran Jankovic CFO effective on June 27, the company said. 

Physician Partners appointed Goran Jankovic as the company's new CFO as of June 27.

California is the top-paying state for healthcare executive and senior managers, according to the 2022 Medical Group Management Associations' "Management and Staff Compensation" report.

California is the highest-paying state for registered nurses, according to the 2022 MGMA Management and Staff Compensation report.

Here are 11 leaders of the largest ASC chains to know:

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and office-based labs (OBLs) are becoming more prominent fixtures in the healthcare landscape, amid the continued migration of procedures to the outpatient setting. Opening and running one of these facilities, however, is complex. Physicians must deliver high-quality care consistently, while simultaneously remaining flexible enough to pivot as reimbursement rules evolve and patient needs change.

Patients are increasingly choosing ASCs as low-cost, high-quality sites of service, and many ASC leaders see physicians playing a role in the migration. 

ASCs, like all healthcare providers, are having to get creative to recruit staff and compete with the high salaries of hospitals. 

Robert S. Bray, Jr., MD, is a neurological spine surgeon and founder of Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center. Dr. Bray will serve on the panels "How to Make Bundled Payments, Risk-Based Pay a Win in Orthopedics" and "The Next 5 Years of Spine and ASCs" at Becker's 19th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference. As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the conference, which will take place in Chicago from June 16-18.  To learn more and register, click here.

Nicholas Grosso, MD, is the president of The Bethesda, Md.-based Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics. Dr. Grosso will serve on the panel "The Next Move for Orthopedic and Spine Supergroups" at Becker's 19th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference. As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the conference, which will take place in Chicago from June 16-18.  To learn more and register, click here.

Michael Redler, MD, is a partner and an orthopedic surgeon at Fairfield, Conn.-based Connecticut Orthopedics, an assistant clinical professor at North Haven, Conn.-based Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, and a visiting assistant clinical professor at the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Department of Orthopaedics. Dr. Redler will serve on the panels "Payer Trends for Orthopedics and Spine" and "ASC Management and Transactions: Big Trends for 2023" at Becker's 19th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference. As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the conference, which will take place in Chicago from June 16-18.  To learn more and register, click here.

As the pandemic slows down, the scale of Healthcare consolidation during the past year is becoming clearer. M&A grew more than 50% in 2021 compared to 2020, showing no signs of slowing down. The deals are bigger, the players are bigger, the effects are more far-reaching.

A CMIO discusses the way the evolution of the CIO role is positively affecting patients.  Jeffrey Hoffman, MD, serves as the chief medical information officer at Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital and as a clinical associate professor of pediatrics and chief of the division of clinical informatics at the Columbus-based Ohio State University College of Medicine.  Dr. Hoffman will serve on the panel "Mapping the Patient Journey: Technology to Help Boost Patient Care and Diagnostics" at Becker's 7th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference. As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the conference, which will take place Oct. 4-7 in Chicago.  To learn more and register, click here.

A doctor discusses the rising healthcare costs across America. Vanessa Hill, MD, serves as the medical director at the Children's Hospital of San Antonio and as a physician adviser at Irving, Texas-based Christus Health.  Dr. Hill will serve on the panel "Key Strategies to Build Data Science Teams That Bolster the Bottom Line" at Becker's 7th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference. As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the conference, which will take place Oct. 4-7 in Chicago.  To learn more and register, click here.

From staffing shortages to supply chain obstacles, 17 ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss what their biggest day-to-day challenges are and how they're solving them.