The AM/DM podcast: The rise of out-patient surgeries
Dr. Keith Smith, right, an anesthesiologist who started Surgery Center of Oklahoma, looks on as Dr. Don McGinnis, left, and physician's assistant Steve Popielec, right, perform a surgery at the center in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. (AP file Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
The U.S. ambulatory surgical center market is estimated to be almost $50 billion this year, and it’s projected to grow to $84 billion by 2035.
There are more than 6,500 Medicare-certified ASCs operating in the United States, and more than 160 just in Tennessee, according to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Association.
Those numbers represent a change from the days when every surgery happened in a hospital.
Today, business reporter Steve Bohnel joins us to talk about the change and how it works in Memphis.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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