by Alex Larralde | Aug 26, 2025 | This Week in Surgery Centers
25 minute read Ep. 123: Improving the Patient Experience: Clinic and ASC Communication Here’s what to expect on this week’s episode. 🎙️ Misaligned communication between clinics and ASCs is more than an inconvenience — it can damage patient trust and...
by Alex Larralde | Aug 12, 2025 | This Week in Surgery Centers
19 minute read Ep. 122: Anesthesia: Driving Surgical Volume Here’s what to expect on this week’s episode. 🎙️ What happens when anesthesia isn’t just a vendor, but a true partner? That’s exactly what Colleen Ramirez (Chief Administrative Officer) and Dr....
by Erica Palmer | Aug 5, 2025 | This Week in Surgery Centers
18 minute read Ep. 121: Wes Battiste – Anesthesia: Building an In-House Team Here’s what to expect on this week’s episode. 🎙️ Having an in-house anesthesia team at a surgery center used to be extremely rare. However, with all the staffing shortages and...
by Alex Larralde | Jul 22, 2025 | This Week in Surgery Centers
17 minute read Ep. 120: Alex Taira – The CMS 2026 Proposed Payment Rule for ASCs Here’s what to expect on this week’s episode. 🎙️ CMS just dropped their 913-page proposed rule for 2026, and it’s an exciting one for ASCs. On this week’s episode, we’re...
by Alex Larralde | Jul 15, 2025 | This Week in Surgery Centers
19 minute read Ep. 119: Carol Hiatt – Maximizing OR Utilization in Ortho ASCs Here’s what to expect on this week’s episode. 🎙️ In this week’s episode of This Week in Surgery Centers, we spoke with OR efficiency expert Carol Hiatt, and she shared so many...
by Erica Palmer | Jul 1, 2025 | This Week in Surgery Centers
23 minute read Ep. 118: Kevin Turner – The 8-Step Software Evaluation Checklist Here’s what to expect on this week’s episode. 🎙️ Selecting new software for your ASC? On the podcast this week, Kevin Turner, Sr. VP of IT & Analytics at HealthCrest...
