What health systems can gain from shifting sites of service?
Health systems need to differentiate from new players offering easier access and lower costs. Office-based procedures could be the key.
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We believe surgical suites are a vital component of true value-based care. The Scope blog provides information to the medical community on the direction medicine is moving and how surrounding innovations can give back control to physicians and patients.
What opportunities do office-based procedures present in urology?
Office-based procedures have a proven track record of safety and myriad benefits for urologists, patients, and payers alike.
Could office-based procedures be the key to growing your practice?
Office-based procedures are growing in popularity as a way for independent practices to grow. So what are the benefits and key considerations physicians must make to safely bring procedures into their own space?
One doctor’s novel approach to bringing down healthcare costs
Armed with a commonsense approach to lowering healthcare costs, anesthesiologist Dr. Marlon Michel is safely, conveniently, and comfortable helping dentists shift their sites-of-service.
What are some of the fastest-growing medical procedures performed in the office space?
More-and-more, medical procedures are being performed safely, conveniently, and affordably in physician's offices and clinics.
Beyond ASCs: How office-based surgical Suites can drive economic stimulus
As consumer debt levels groan under the weight of swollen healthcare costs, ideas to remediate the problem and pull us back from an inevitable spending crisis flourish. Among them, the idea to move many procedures away from costly HOPDs and into ASCs has gained significant traction and with good reason. ASCs offer an affordable, safe,...
Dr. Raju Ghate says efficiency and focus are key to value-based care
Dr. Raju Ghate is one of the most respected Orthopedic Surgeons in Illinois. After his successful private practice was acquired, he joined NorthShore Medical Group at the NorthShore Skokie Hospital. That facility recently transitioned into the Orthopaedic and Spine Institute, an innovative and highly-specialized hospital. Dr. Ghate recently joined us via phone to discuss the...
SonarMD COO Beth Houck on Technology’s Role in Value-Based Care
Smart devices continue to evolve how we interface with our world. In few places is that more profoundly felt than in healthcare, where communication with providers and access to information is now at our fingertips on-demand. SonarMD is a virtual, personalized tool designed to assist those with Crohn’s or Ulcerative Colitis track and monitor their...
Value-Based Care Companies Who Do VBC the Right Way
Value-based care is an approach to healthcare that aims to improve the quality of care and outcomes, reduce costs, and boost overall population health. But since “value-based care” is often bandied about as a buzzword to entice and comfort patients without really being implemented, we’re shining a spotlight on a few value-based care companies who...
MGMA’s Andrew Swanson on Innovation in Healthcare
Andrew Swanson provides us with his perspective on how COVID has shaped the healthcare landscape, who is driving innovation in the field, and why value-based care puts the patient in control of their health.
How Will Sites of Service Evolve in the Next 5-10 years?
In 1970, two physicians bucked tradition and opened a facility offering their patients a safe, convenient, and comfortable setting for relatively simple procedures that didn’t require an overnight stay. Eschewing the expensive rigmarole attached to performing procedures in hospital operating rooms, they transformed healthcare by creating the world’s first ambulatory surgery center, moving the surgical...
ASCA’s Bill Prentice on the Need for Cost Control in Medical Care
Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) have been a major component of the push towards value-based care in the US healthcare system. The Scope spoke with Bill Prentice, J.D., CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, a trade non-profit that assists ASCs in delivering safe, high-quality, cost-effective patient care. Prentice outlines below his vision for further value-based...