This Week In Surgery Centers
Your weekly surgery center podcast
If you’re in the ASC industry, then you’re in the right place.
Every week our hosts will recap the latest news impacting ASCs, and share an interesting conversation we had with our featured guest. New episodes released every Tuesday!
Here’s what to expect on this week’s episode. 🎙️
Christina Murphy works in revenue cycle management at Surgery Partners, where she helps new surgery centers set up RCM workflows and technology. Christina joins us this week to break down why revenue cycle starts the moment a case is scheduled. She walks through what a center needs to build an accurate patient estimate, why early pre-service conversations matter for patients and facilities, and what revenue cycle decisions a new center should make before its first case. She also explains where automation and AI fit, from eligibility checks to prior authorization flags and op note documentation, and why human oversight still matters.
In our news segment, we cover the launch of the ASC Job Board, a new study projecting a growing surgeon shortage, and an update on Leapfrog’s public ratings for surgery centers.
Resources Mentioned:
ASC Job Board – https://ascjobs.hstpathways.com/
ACS press release, US Will Face a Shortage of Nearly 28,000 Surgeons by 2038 – https://www.facs.org/media-center/press-releases/2026/us-will-face-a-shortage-of-nearly-28-000-surgeons-by-2038-first-nationwide-study-finds/
Vizient forecast of ASC volume growth (ASC Focus) – https://www.ascfocus.org/ascfocus/news/digital-debut/202607-vizient-forcasts-continued-growth-in-asc-volume
Leapfrog press release, ratings for record numbers of hospitals and ASCs – https://www.leapfroggroup.org/news-events/leapfrog-group-publishes-ratings-all-time-record-number-us-hospitals-and-ambulatory
Leapfrog ASC Public Reporting Program – https://www.leapfroggroup.org/asc-program/welcome-asc-public-reporting-program
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