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8 Improving health care quality through accreditation Contact us to learn more 847-853-6060 • info@aaahc.org • www.aaahc.org A A A H C A C C R E D I T A T I O N { } It's an opportunity to see your organization from the outside. When AAAHC surveyors survey your organization, it's not a checklist kind of visit. It's your fellow professionals - physicians, nurses, administrators - coming to help you be the best you can be. • We are the leader in ambulatory accreditation. • Our Standards are nationally-recognized. • Our surveys are consultative not just a checklist. Publisher's Letter T his letter discusses three issues that I find of real interest. I hope that you do as well. e first part of this letter discusses surgery centers. e second part discusses national trends in the movement from inpatient to outpatient care and the impact on hospitals and health sys- tems. e third part of this letter discusses seven core thoughts on great leadership. 12 Thoughts for Surgery Centers – 2017. 1. It is a fascinating time in the surgery center and political arena. We cannot predict if there will be large changes to Obamacare or Trump- care. Surgery centers largely face a situation where they have to move forward with their businesses in the face of significant policy uncer- tainty. 2. Changes in Industry Giants. ere is great disruption and changes amongst the surgery center industry giants. Here is a quick summary of some of those changes. A. AmSurg has heavily diversified over the last couple years. It used to be a single purpose surgery center company. Now it has diversi- fied heavily into physician services and other types of services. B. USPI, one of the true leaders in the surgery center business, merged and joint ventured with Tenet. It has also expanded its scope of efforts beyond just surgery centers. It still has tremendous leadership at the top. C. SCA, probably the fastest growing and largest surgery center company, recently announced a merger with Optum. is brings together one of the largest surgery center companies with the larg- est payer in the country. SCA is characterized by brilliant leader- ship and this may provide them an opportunity for another level of growth as they partner with one of the largest payers. It also indicates one of the largest payers not feeling as held hostage by hospitals and health systems. D. Physicians Endoscopy has grown tremendously through acqui- sitions. More and more of its strategy is based on acquisitions than de novo. It continues to be very active and very single specialty. E. Nueterra has grown tremendously and is using an evolving strategy of physician IPAs and other types of structures to grow a bigger footprint. F. Regent Surgical Health recently completed an employee stock ownership plan transaction. is is intended to help give it another shot at growth over the next several years. It is also evolving with new leadership with Chris Bishop as CEO and Tom Mallon, the founder and leader for 15 years, stepping into the role of the chair- man of the board. G. SurgCenter Development continues to grow and announced recent- ly that it did a record number of total joints last year at nearly 7,000. is is also indicative of the movement of total joints to surgery centers. H. ASCOA continues to attempt to grow through new develop- ment and acquisitions.