BECKER'S
ASC REVIEW
Outpatient joint replacements to
'skyrocket over next 10 years'
While outpatient joint replacement surgery
has already developed significantly in the
space, over the next few years procedure
volume has the potential to explode with
the backing of surgeons, ASCs and payers.
Read guidance on the coming boom.
The story behind why Gastro
One partnered with Webster
Equity Partners
Webster Equity Partners and Gastro One
formed the seventh investment platform
in gastroenterology in early April. Here
leaders behind the practice and the in-
vestment firm explain the rational behind
the deal.
The COVID-19 pandemic is shrinking in certain regions and
elective procedures have restarted in states that can handle
them, but how COVID-19 has affected ASCs will resonate
throughout the industry forever.
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Full story on page 19
Life after ramp-up: How COVID-19 will
change ASCs forever
Inside the
issue:
6 details on MedPAC's
report to Congress:
Number of ASCs up
2.6% in 2018 and
more p. 7
UnitedHealthcare,
Optum accelerating
$2B in provider
payments & support —
6 details
p. 16
US ASC market to hit
$84.1B by 2027 —
4 market insights p. 27
Surgery Partners Q1
Revenue up 5.8% p. 36
8 things to know
about outpatient spine
surgery p. 52
From preparation to
ramp-up: United Diges-
tive shares its plans for
the COVID-19 pandem-
ic
p. 78
How 4 centers across the U.S. reopened & the new standards they set p. 76
May/June 2020 • Vol. 2020 No. 3
Becker's Hospital Review 10th Annual Meeting
October 24-26, 2019 | Swissotel Regency, Chicago
Keynotes from Tucker Carlson, Kevin O'Leary, Mel Robbins, and more
Call 1.800.417.2035 or email registration@beckershealthcare.com, sbecker@beckershealthcare.com
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100 + Sessions
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Credit Track
26th Annual Meeting:
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