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Decreases in reimbursements, unpredictable schedules, inefficiencies, patient inconvenience; these are a few of the many reasons physicians are moving procedures out of HOPDs and ASCs and into their own clinic-based and in-office surgical suites. Advances in surgical technology and methods along with the buzz created throughout the healthcare community about the benefits of this option...

Dr. Jerry Penso discusses the ripple effects of the COVID pandemic in the healthcare industry, who is driving meaningful disruption in the space, and the need for consistency and predictability in value-based care delivery.

We’d like to think that the two major drivers of healthcare in the U.S. are ever-advancing science and the needs of individual patients. Of course, this is a rather naïve assumption. The healthcare ecosystem is a tug-of-war between the above, but also the machinations of a byzantine and opaque system of care, the vagaries of...

It is hard to overstate the devastation wrought by the COVID pandemic. But, like all painful and tragic situations, there is something learned from such a crucible, what institutions and ideas held and what gave under pressure or revealed themselves to be illusory all along. a

AMITA executives give us insights into the role of private equity in transforming healthcare, the core aims of value-based care, and why change has been so slow to come.

Patients, like Crawford, not only get the ease of a bespoke experience, but they enjoy the added comfort of a familiar setting and costs that are a fraction of those charged by most hospitals.

One could make the argument that physician’s offices and clinics have always seen, to varying degrees, procedures performed therein. But in terms of modern medicine, surgeries and other procedures have taken place in office and clinic-based surgical suites since the 1970s, and with increasing regularity since the 1980s. Today, tens of millions of procedures are...

So, what are the common problems facing independent physicians and private practices today, and what might be done to alleviate them while improving care and lowering costs for patients?

If you are of a certain age, think back to the first time you received your annual flu vaccination. It was likely in your pediatrician or family doctor’s office. That is just as likely no longer the case today, nor is it even the norm for most people.

“If we're going to use [the Triple Aim], we can talk about things in a way that I think physicians, insurance carriers, patients, everybody can be aligned. But what's happening right now is that definition is getting skewed to how people want it to be portrayed, given their own personal priorities or objectives.”

Recently, we sat down with Dr. Troy to discuss the realities, considerations, and advantages of bringing procedures in-office.