Too many patients equate costs with quality
Prentice, W.; Prentice, W.
Modern Healthcare 47(5): 30-31
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 30399252 Document Number: 692130
With Dr. Tom Price headed for confirmation to lead HHS, ambulatory surgery centers, often physician-owned, have cause for optimism. Price, an orthopedic surgeon and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, once chaired a chain of ASCs in his home state of Georgia. Recent CMS rules equalizing payments to ASCs and hospital outpatient departments were a start, says William Prentice, CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, which represents nearly 3,000 of the 5,600 centers in the U.S. What follows is an edited transcript of his interview last week with Modern Healthcare editor Merrill Goozner.