In today’s growth environment of value-based care, expanding ambulatory care platforms can help hospitals build brand loyalty by improving relationships directly with patients while also better managing revenue. For example, having invested heavily in electronic medical records (EMRs) over the past several years, hospital aligned facilities can now access a patient’s health record anytime and…
As the healthcare industry moves away from traditional fee-for-service incentives and reimbursement risk shifts from payers to providers, hospital systems are realizing the benefits of expanding ambulatory care platforms as a key element of their value-based care strategy. “The fact that healthcare premiums have continued to escalate is proof that payers have not been successful…
Healthcare’s evolution toward value-based care and risk-sharing payment models is prompting many hospitals to take a new look at moving total joint replacement (TJR) surgery to outpatient settings, including ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), as a transformational strategy with potential to improve both bottom-lines and quality of care. While the shift to performing TJR in outpatient…
In a standing-room only session during the second day of Becker’s ASC Review 14th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine, Regent Surgical Health CEO Chris Bishop spoke about the transition of total joint replacement (TJR) to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) by way of bundled payments. During his presentation, Bishop made clear that more TJR procedures will be occurring in an outpatient…
After nearly a year as President, Bishop to assume CEO position Co-founder and outgoing CEO, Tom Mallon to remain Chairman of the Board Regent Surgical Health (Regent), an industry-leading surgery center management and development company specializing in hospital and physician ambulatory surgery center (ASC) joint ventures, announces Chris Bishop as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).…
Cutting costs and achieving efficiency is now more important than ever for Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). With this in mind, Regent Surgical Health (Regent) is spear-heading the use of electronic preference cards, which help partner centers around the country find specific case items that drive up costs. But drilling down to the precise data wasn’t…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) recognized the late Nap Gary with a legacy award during the opening session of the 2016 ASCA annual meeting in Dallas, Texas. Gary proposed the award for outstanding service to the ASC community before the 2015 annual meeting; prior to his unexpected passing. The former ASCA and ASCA Foundation…
Performing Higher Acuity Cases Elevates Patient Safety at Ambulatory Surgery Centers As higher acuity cases such as total joint replacement continue to move from hospitals to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), patient safety is receiving more attention and becoming more closely monitored and scrutinized. An article recently published in Becker’s ASC Review lists the ten Ambulatory Care National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)…
Regent Surgical Health’s new white paper examines three trends transforming the industry. As value-based care goals drive the movement of more types of surgery from hospitals to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), Regent Surgical Health (Regent) has recognized a shift in how hospitals view their outpatient strategy.“It is no longer a matter of losing some outpatient…
Christopher Stine serves as one of Regent Surgical Health’s purchasing managers and oversees purchasing and supply chain operations for Regent’s centers in the Midwest and Eastern U.S. Stine shares his insights on leveraging data and analytics for cost savings and also forecasts what is on the horizon for data. “We recognize that data-driven supply chain…