Leadership

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the migration of procedures to the outpatient setting, leaving ASC leaders balancing changes in both procedure volume and pandemic policy in the past year. 

The pandemic accelerated the quantity and complexity of procedures performed in ASCs, leading to an increase in partnerships and consolidation in the industry.

Here are 10 ASC administrators to know:

For some leaders, independence is critical to ASC success — fostering adaptability, innovation and cost containment. For others, independence is unsustainable in the current market. 

The power of hospital consolidation and recruiting staff continue to threaten ASC profitability in 2021. Here are the three biggest external risks to ASCs, according to eight leaders:

Adding a service line requires a well-thought-out strategy in staff recruitment, equipment consolidation and education, according to one ASC nurse manager.

Referral patterns are changing for ASCs as physician groups join health systems and payers narrow their networks.

Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health named Sean McCallister the administrator of a new ASC and gastroenterology center on its campus in Meridian, Idaho, the health system announced July 2. 

Since becoming the managing director of North Hollywood, Calif.-based Universal Care Surgery Center in 2016, Boris Tripolski has transformed the center's work environment, according to colleagues. 

Many ASC misunderstandings are being increasingly cleared up by the migration of surgeries outpatient.