Alfonso del Granado, administrator of Covenant High Plains Surgery Center in Lubbock, Texas, discussed his priorities and plans for 2022 with Becker's ASC Review.
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Consolidation, payer policies, nurse shortages and COVID-19 will continue to loom large for ASCs over the next 12 months.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has been focused on growth over the past 12 months.
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Five administrators joined Becker's ASC Review to discuss what they're most looking forward to in 2022.
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Six administrators shared with Becker's ASC Review their biggest priorities for the new year.
In the modern era of healthcare, surgeries have grown less invasive and recovery times have shrunk as more emphasis is placed on recovery at home.
Gastroenterologists are an aging specialty, and training a new one still takes over a decade despite shortages across healthcare.
Looming labor shortages in the medical industry have been widely reported, and gastroenterologists are expected to follow the trend.
The nonprofit North Carolina Ambulatory Surgery Center Association elected Jamie Ridout, MSN, BSN, as president.