Leadership

Three leaders recently joined Becker's to discuss the secrets to ASC success:

Four ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss the biggest obstacles to ASC ownership. 

Matt Mazurek, MD, assistant clinical professor of anesthesiology at the St. Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital, joined Becker's to discuss why more physicians are turning to unionizing and what's at stake if physicians continue to lose power. 

Physicians are increasingly moving to unionize and seeking representation in decision-making. 

Smita Rouillard, MD, associate medical director of Oakland, Calif.-based The Permanente Medical Group, joined Becker's to discuss ways that physicians leverage their power in her health system. 

Rich Searles, Partner at Merritt Healthcare Advisors, a sell-side investment bank focused on representing owners of surgical facilities and healthcare practices, shares the trends he is seeing in the ASC landscape today and in the future.

Mesa, Ariz.-based Surgery Center Services of America has developed more than 300 surgery centers since its inception in 1990. 

Ali Ghalayini. Administrator at Munster (Ind.) Surgery Center, told Becker's ASC Review that ASCs are witnessing "substantial growth" driven by an increased demand in outpatient services and expansion in focused, specialized services.

As the population ages and certificate-of-need laws decrease, Philip Blair, CEO of Surgery Center Services of America, is seeing a lot of opportunity for ASC growth. 

ASC management company Atlas Healthcare Partners was founded in 2018, and has since become one of the fastest growing management firms in the U.S.