For ASCs, maximizing capacity doesn’t always mean adding operating rooms or expanding facilities. Sometimes, it means rethinking the processes that determine how existing space is used. At Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s Surgery Center Division, that meant moving away from individual…
Leadership
Shelly Harris, RN, administrator of Advanced Surgical Care Clearwater (Fla.), told Becker’s the boldest bet in ASC strategy right now is going after higher-acuity, higher-paying cases that can safely move out of the hospital. The opportunity keeps growing as the…
The Business Corner is a bimonthly column by Shakeel Ahmed, MD, CEO of St. Louis-based Atlas Surgical Group. The ancient Greeks gave time a god: Chronos. Unlike wealth, power or possessions, time could never be reclaimed once it had passed.…
Tampa, Fla.-based Orthopaedic Solutions Management named Jason McClair COO. Mr. McClair brings more than 20 years of healthcare operations and leadership experience. He most recently served as group vice president of operations at Innovative Renal Care, where he led operations…
Only 33% of ASC-eligible procedures in the Philadelphia region have moved to surgery centers, compared with 56% nationally, according to Regent Surgical data drawn from a Kythera Labs analysis. Regent CEO Travis Messina said the biggest reason is who employs…
Advertisement
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association named 10 ASC leaders to its 2026 10 Under 40 list, released in October. This is the second year of the program. Nominees had to be ASCA members or work at an ASCA member facility.…
Milwaukee-based Hammes, a real estate platform specializing in healthcare investment, development and property management, has named Patrick Hammes as CEO. In the role, Mr. Hammes will provide strategic and operational oversight of the organization’s suite of services, according to an…
For ASCs, staffing costs are not just about how many employees are on the payroll — they are about matching that payroll to a case volume that can change quickly throughout the year. Patrick McEneaney, DPM, owner and CEO of…
From Medicare prior authorization to hospital pushback on site of care, ASCs spent 2026 fighting on several policy and payment fronts at once. Here are five battles that shaped the year for surgery center operators and physicians: 1. Medicare prior…
Accepting unprofitable cases for volume’s sake could be the costliest mistake an ASC makes in the next year, according to leaders. Two ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the one decision that could make or break an ASC’s bottom line…