How a Hospital/Physician ASC JV Affects Physician Alignment
The U.S. ambulatory surgery center industry is now facing perhaps the most critical moment of its 45-year history: Evolve — or else. For the first time in recent history, net growth of ASCs is stalling. And in the wake of the Affordable Care Act, payers are all but eliminating out-of-network reimbursements in most markets, reducing…