Within the healthcare industry the “triple aim” is known as an industry-wide quest to improve the quality of care, while reducing the cost of care, and also improving the overall health of the population. Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are ideally suited to accomplish all three, and their ability to do so is closely intertwined with…
The Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee Surgery Center completed its first total knee replacement procedure recently, opening the door to serve the growing demand for joint replacement surgeries in an outpatient setting. Still in its first year of operation, Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee Surgery Center is a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center (ASC)…
Scott Becker interviewed Regent CEO Chris Bishop and Jim Ballard, MD, surgeon partner at Oregon Surgical Institute for a recent episode for Becker’s Healthcare Podcast. Bishop and Ballard talked about immediate and long-term opportunities in outpatient orthopedics and spine as well as mitigating concerns around COVID-19. Listen to the full interviews here, part one and part two.
A side effect of COVID-19, disrupted contract updates between health insurance payers and ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) have created a new normal for negotiations. For ASCs, leveraging a thorough understanding of the pandemic business realities for both payers and providers is more critical than ever as the industry recovers. “Payer resources have been intently focused…
This content was written by Regent RCM’s Vice President of Revenue Cycle Erin Petrie and was published in ASC Focus’s August 2020 issue. Please see the original content here. As the cost of delivering healthcare continues to rise, ASC reimbursement is getting tighter, necessitating even closer cost monitoring and a proactive stance on payer contracts…
Regent Surgical Health CEO Chris Bishop along with partner surgeons Jim Ballard, MD and Chris Nanson, MD at Oregon Surgical Institute recently presented a virtual private session, Are 70% of Your Patients Clinically Eligible for TJR in ASC? With several 1,000’s of successful outpatient TJR, Ballard and Nanson will share insights around patient selection, outcomes,…
Surgeons at Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee Surgery Center completed the first total shoulder replacement procedure recently, kicking off a comprehensive total joint replacement (TJR) program that will also include knee and hip replacement procedures. The successful shoulder replacement surgery was completed by orthopaedic surgeon Ian Byram, M.D., who specializes in shoulders, elbows, and…
The Surgery Center of Wasilla has become the first outpatient surgery center in the state of Alaska to invest in robotic-assisted total joint technology. A joint venture with Regent Surgical Health, the multi-specialty center is committed to expanding access to affordable healthcare in the growing Wasilla community, hub of the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Valley about 45…
JetBlue recently launched a program that honored 100,000 healthcare workers called the JetBlue Healthcare Heros and one of our very own administrators received this recognition. Congratulations to Debra Hagendorn, administrator at East Hills Surgery Center in Greenvale, New York! “It was a very nice surprise and it was amazing to learn that all three of my children nominated me,”…
As healthcare reimbursement policies continue to shift, hospitals are re-thinking how to deliver the best quality care while improving the bottom line. In a reversal from previous practices, they have begun to convert hospital outpatient departments (HOPD) to ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) in order to reap the advantages associated with HOPD to ASC conversion. The…