This Week In Surgery Centers

Here’s what to expect on this week’s episode. 🎙️

Angela Ary is ASC Business Office Manager at CSMO Surgery Center, where she oversees the business office, pre-certification and patient estimates. Angela joins us this week to break down case costing and the payor grid. She walks through the case costing meetings her team holds twice a month, the payor grid that flags thin-margin cases before they’re posted, how the team presents case data to the physician owners, and the move from paper charts to an EMR. She also shares one thing any center can do to build staff buy-in.

In our news segment, we’re talking about HealthSpan Partners’ agreement to acquire Surgery Partners, third quarter results from HCA, Tenet and UHS, and ASCA’s survey on anesthesia access. We’ll look at what each one means for ASC leaders.

Correction: ASCA’s third quarter 2026 survey found that 76% of centers reported adequate access to anesthesia providers. The news segment says about 67%.

Resources Mentioned:
Surgery Partners and HealthSpan Partners joint release, Oct. 26, 2026 – https://ir.surgerypartners.com/news-releases/news-release-details/healthspan-partners-acquire-surgery-partners-establishing
Becker’s Hospital Review, Oct. 26, 2026 – https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/asc-transactions-and-valuation-issues/bon-secours-mercy-health-affiliate-to-acquire-surgery-partners-for-5-7b/
Healthcare Dive, Oct. 27, 2026 – https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/bon-secours-affiliate-5-7-billion-bid-surgery-partners/872887/
HCA Healthcare Q3 2026 release, Oct. 27, 2026 – https://s23.q4cdn.com/949900249/files/content_files/FINAL-PR_HCA-Reports-3Q-2026-Results.pdf
Tenet Q3 2026 release, Oct. 29, 2026 – https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-10-29-tenet-reports-strong-third-quarter-2026-results-raises-2026-financial-outlook
Becker’s ASC on the UHS earnings call, Oct. 28, 2026 – https://www.beckersasc.com/finance/uhs-surgical-volumes-dip-as-procedures-migrate-to-ascs-physician-offices/
UHS Q3 2026 release, Oct. 27, 2026 – https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000352915/000119312526434414/uhs-ex99_1.htm
ASC Focus on ASCA’s third quarter 2026 anesthesia survey, Oct. 16, 2026 – https://www.ascfocus.org/202610-asca-anesthesia-survey
Becker’s ASC on the anesthesia survey, Oct. 19, 2026 – https://www.beckersasc.com/anesthesia/anesthesiologist-only-ascs-report-88-access/

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