Regent Surgical Health, one of the nation’s leading surgery center management and development companies, today announced the promotion of Bob Ryan as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ryan, who joined the company in early 2016 as vice president of operations for the northeast, leverages more than 25 years of experience working with physician partnerships in multi-site…
Are bundled payments right for your ASC? They very well might be. As the trend continues away from the fee-for-service model, bundled payment is the fastest growing payment type, with projected growth of 6 percent over the next 5 years. If projections by both hospitals and payers are correct this would place bundled payment at…
Regent’s Chief Development Officer Jeffrey Simmons discussed spine cases in the ASC setting as part of Becker’s recent 15th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine in Chicago. He joined Pierce Nunley, MD, director of the Spine Institute of Louisiana in Shreveport, on a panel moderated by Bart Walker,…
While inventory management sometimes gets pushed down the priority list for busy ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), Regent’s Stephanie Martin says engaging staff in the function as a primary strategy can yield significant savings and reduce the amount of waste they produce by as much as 5%. In a recent article in Becker’s ASC Review, Martin…
Technical advances in anesthesia, orthopedic devices, and surgical procedures, coupled with shifting payer models, are changing the game and creating opportunity for hospital-surgeon ASC joint ventures focused on spine and orthopedics. In the first installment in a two-part series, Phalen summarized how procedures and payer models are playing a role, and in part two, Phalen…
Many healthcare industry leaders agree value-based care is a concept whose time has come, and those who hedge their bets may find themselves behind in building the robust ambulatory care platform they’ll need to deliver it cost-effectively. That’s the premise of a new white paper from Regent Surgical Health, drawing on the experience and strategic…
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…
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,…
A new white paper provides a comprehensive guide for hospitals looking to drive a successful value-based care strategy by expanding their ambulatory care platforms. As a leading manager and developer of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), Regent Surgical Health is helping hospitals realize the opportunities presented by robust ambulatory care platforms to lower costs, improve the…
Stephanie Martin brings over 20 years of experience to Regent, will provide oversight in both clinical and operational roles WESTCHESTER, Ill., Nov. 23, 2016—Regent Surgical Health, an industry-leading surgery center management and development company specializing in hospital and physician ambulatory surgery center (ASC) joint ventures, announces Stephanie Martin as its new Senior Director of Operations.…