6 Top ASC Trends

In a rapidly evolving landscape, healthcare professionals must always look toward the future. Changes in the industry lead to risk and uncertainty, but they also open up new opportunities. In this environment, ambulatory surgery centers are perfectly placed to advance and flourish. Leveraging expertise as one of the nation’s leading surgery center management and development…

Don’t Wait to Be Disrupted, Drive Change is Chris Bishop’s message to Hospital Executives

In a presentation titled “Racing to Value-Based Care: Double Your Ambulatory Platform by 2020,” Regent’s CEO Chris Bishop urged hospital executives at the Becker’s Hospital Review 9th Annual Meeting in April to act now to shake up their health systems in anticipation of looming industry trends, rather than waiting until they’re forced to respond. Highlighting…

New State-of-the-Art ASC Serves Pacific Northwest Demand for Lower Cost, Higher Quality Total Joint Replacement

In partnership with 14 physicians, Regent Surgical Health, one of the largest private joint venture operators of surgery centers in the United States, announces the grand opening of Oregon Surgical Institute (OSI). Located at 9405 SW Nimbus Ave. in Beaverton, Ore., the new, 14,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center (ASC) was designed as a center of excellence…

Navigate the Shift to Value-Based Care with a Strong Ambulatory Platform

As health systems accelerate their shift to a value-based payment model, developing a strong ambulatory platform is becoming an increasingly important strategy. And while some hope to ride the fee-for-services wave as long as possible, based on Regent’s conversations with executives at both hospital systems and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), Chief Executive Officer Chris Bishop…

HOPD to ASC Conversion: Now or Later?

Regent Surgical Health, one of the largest private joint venture operators of surgery centers in the United States, released a white paper today which defines a trend that empowers health systems to adapt and thrive in a landscape punctuated by advances in technology, shifting public policy, and an industry-wide move toward value-based care. The paper,…

Conducting an Ambulatory Strategy Self-Assessment in 5 Steps

As value-based care continues to drive efficiency, many hospitals are developing robust ambulatory strategies to support expanded and improved outpatient care. “The move to value-based care is forcing healthcare leaders to reconsider their entire patient care model, including where procedures are performed,” says Regent Surgical Health CDO Thomas Crossen. “While a hospital is best at…

ASC Joint Ventures: Hospital Recruiting Advantage + Physician Satisfaction

While recent history saw declining numbers of physicians entering private practice in favor of the lower cost of entry and financial security of hospital employment, hospitals had a tough time convincing more established physicians to align with them via employment. Today, progressive health systems are building strategic ambulatory platforms to deliver quality care more efficiently.…

Regent Surgical Health names Thomas Crossen as Chief Development Officer

Regent Surgical Health today announced that Thomas Crossen has joined the company as Chief Development Officer, an addition that strengthens Regent’s position as one of the largest private joint venture operators of surgery centers, including 23 U.S. surgical facilities, 18 hospital joint ventures, and nine total joint replacement centers. “We are pleased to welcome Thomas…