HealthCare Appraisers and the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association based the report on responses from 26 companies, including ASC management companies, investment bankers and business brokers.
Four supply chain insights:
1. Percentage of management companies that provide a corporate supply chain executive or staff through management agreements:
• Never: 19 percent
• 25 percent of the time: 0 percent
• 50 percent of the time: 7 percent
• 75 percent of the time: 7 percent
• Always: 67 percent
2. Percentage of management companies that provide access to a group purchasing organization through management agreements:
• Never: 7 percent
• 25 percent of the time: 0 percent
• 50 percent of the time: 14 percent
• 75 percent of the time: 3 percent
• Always: 76 percent
3. Typical change in ASC medical supply expense year over year:
Decrease in expenses: 4 percent
• 0 to 1 percent: 7 percent
• 1.1 to 2 percent: 32 percent
• 2.1 to 3 percent: 36 percent
• 3.1 to 4 percent: 14 percent
• 4.1 to 5 percent: 7 percent
4. Typical annual change implantable expenses for ASCs:
• Decrease in expenses: 4 percent
• 0 to 1 percent: 11 percent
• 1.1 to 2 percent: 33 percent
• 2.1 to 3 percent: 22 percent
• 3.1 to 4 percent: 26 percent
• 4.1 to 5 percent: 4 percent
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