Successful management of case migration from inpatient to outpatient settings requires careful strategic planning, strong physician alignment, disciplined cost management, and robust clinical protocols. Organizations that effectively balance efficiency, quality, and financial performance will be best positioned to succeed in this rapidly changing surgical landscape, writes Leslie Jebson, MHA, MBA, FACHE, FACMPE, system administrator for The Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute/Outpatient Rehabilitation with Prisma Health. More
He calls for policy changes to ensure prompt surgical care, include prioritizing emergency surgeries, more flexible staffing models and quicker patient stabilization. More
If S.B. 1040 is approved by the Senate and House and signed into law, North Carolina ASCs would be exempt from CON review beginning July 1. More
