Strategies to Help Surgery Centers Navigate Through OR Nursing Shortage

A recent study published by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, Nursing: Supply and Demand through 2020, reveals that the U.S. economy will create 1.6 million job openings for nurses through 2020. Of the 1.6 million job openings, 700,000 will be newly-created opportunities, while 880,000 will result from retirements. The study also found that…

Regent Launches Bundled Payment Strategy in Multiple Markets

Already a thought leader in the shift to value-based care, Regent Surgical Health has launched a bundled payment strategy within the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) marketplace. As part of the program, the company plans to begin managing episodes of care with a bundled payment approach in multiple markets. “When a bundled payment opportunity comes in,…

Regent’s Jeffrey Simmons Weighs in on Issues Facing ASCs During Becker’s Conference

Top issues facing ambulatory surgery center (ASC) leaders were addressed by a panel of experts at Becker’s Spine Review’s recent 15th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven Conference in June. The panel included Regent’s Chief Development Officer Jeffrey Simmons, as well as leaders from two ASCs — Jack Jensen, MD, Founder of Houston-based Athletic Orthopedics…

Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Endosurgical Center Wins Regent’s Annual Clinical Quality Excellence Award

Regent Surgical Health’s Annual Clinical Quality Excellence Award was recently given to the team at Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Endosurgical Center in East Brunswick, NJ. Led by Carol Poppiti, Administrator and Director of Nursing, the center scored higher than any other Regent ASC in the nation on a variety of clinical benchmarks including physician, employee,…

Regent Leaders Selected to Speak at Becker’s Spine, Orthopedic, and Pain Management ASC Conference

Three Regent Surgical Health executives are among more than 235 healthcare industry leaders slated to speak at the 15th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine, conference in Chicago. A world-class ASC event hosted by Becker’s ASC Review and Becker’s Spine Review, the conference is expected to draw more…

Racing Toward Value: Robust Ambulatory Platform Helps Hospitals Come Out Ahead

A recent article featured in Becker’s Hospital Review, “Racing toward value — Building an ambulatory platform to come out ahead,” recapped Regent Surgical Health’s executive session held at Becker’s Hospital Review 8th Annual Meeting in Chicago. During the session, Regent CEO Chris Bishop explained the sense of urgency around building robust ambulatory platforms and why…

New White Paper from Regent Surgical Health Delivers Strategy to Double Ambulatory Platforms by 2020

Health systems are moving quickly to strengthen ambulatory care platforms to lower the cost of care, improve outcomes, enhance patient loyalty, and improve physician alignment. Regent Surgical Health, one of the largest private developers and managers of ambulatory surgery centers, works strategically with hospitals and released today a white paper titled, “Double Your Ambulatory Platform…

First Multi-Specialty Surgery Center Now Open, Serving Growing Matanuska-Susitna Valley

Operating from a newly constructed, state-of-the-art facility, the Surgery Center of Wasilla (SCW) began seeing patients on March 1, 2017, expanding access to affordable healthcare in the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Valley about 45 miles from Anchorage, Alaska. Regent Surgical Health, an industry-leading surgery center management and development company specializing in hospital and physician ambulatory surgery center…