Leadership

The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it increased costs for labor and supplies, but ASCs were already dealing with other factors that increased their costs.

ASCs are feeling the effects of the nurse shortage as they compete with the deep pockets of hospitals, medical centers and even Amazon to recruit. 

Here are 10 career moves from ASC leaders since Jan. 1:

ASCs earned an elevated role in the healthcare ecosystem during the pandemic, as many stayed open to provide surgery for patients without COVID-19 when hospitals ended nonemergency services. Now, insurers and investors see big opportunities with ASCs as a high…

ASCs are in a great position to capitalize on the trend to value-based care. Surgery centers are the high-quality, low-cost setting for care and could save Medicare, insurers and patients billions of dollars every year by migrating outpatient surgeries to…

Employers are setting aside an average of 3.9 percent of payroll this year for wage increases, but that's not enough with inflation hitting a 40-year high in February, and employees are asking for more pay, according to The Wall Street…

Here are 10 ASC administrators to know:

For Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates, tackling staffing and consolidation challenges requires a focus on sustainability.  

The average net working capital of ASCs is $1.3 million per year, a benchmark of a surgery center's financial health, according to the VMG Health's "Intellimarker 2022" report.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's ambulatory surgery division named Ryan Miller assistant vice president of administrative services in the continental division, the company said April 4.