'Hospitals are scared to death': Why ASCs have the advantage in recruiting spine surgeons
By Admin | February 20, 2024
Allowing physicians to have ownership in the places they work can make ASCs more attractive in recruiting, spine surgeon Stephen Hochschuler, MD, said.
Dr. Hochschuler, of Texas Back Institute in Plano, spoke with Becker's about his outlook for ASCs and the essential nonsurgical skills physicians should have.
Question: How can ASCs gain an edge in surgeon recruiting?
Dr. Stephen Hochschuler: Hospitals are scared to death right now because they're wondering where their future is. Most hospitals are owned by hospital companies or not for profits. From a surgeon standpoint, why shouldn't they own part of the facility that does the production?
Unlike chiropractors, and unlike dentists who help each other, surgeons are always competing to be at the top. Not all of them, but the majority. That's ingrained. And if it wasn't, the surgeons would be more in charge than they are today. Right now, hospital companies, insurance companies, attorneys, you name it, they run medicine. At least 60% of orthopedic surgeons and...(More)
For more info please read, 'Hospitals are scared to death': Why ASCs have the advantage in recruiting spine surgeons, by Becker's Spine Review
