Becker’s Healthcare -- Ambulatory Surgery Centers Podcast

This episode recorded live at the 20th Annual Becker’s Healthcare Spine, Orthopedic + Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference features Dr. Yeshvant Navalgund, Chief Medical Officer for Ambulatory Surgery, National Spine & Pain Centers. Here, he discusses his past experience starting his own practice & what led him to working in the ASC space, transparency in healthcare, his focus on patient engagement, and more.

This episode recorded live at the 20th Annual Becker’s Healthcare Spine, Orthopedic + Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference features Dr. Norah Foster, Medical Director, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Premier Health; Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wright State University. Here, she discusses the development of AI & machine learning in spine surgery, the importance for leaders to remain flexible in ever-changing times, and more.

In this episode, we are joined by Nicole Scott, MSN, FNP-C, ONP-C, Disease Specific Certification Reviewer-Ortho at The Joint Commission, to discuss strategies a joint program can adopt to stand out, highlights of common obstacles when developing a joint program, metrics programs should prioritize and more.

This episode is sponsored by The Joint Commission.

This episode features Andrew Lovewell, CEO of Columbia Orthopedic Group, and B. Bus Tarbox, President of Columbia Orthopedic Group.  Here, they discuss how private equity is changing what private practice looks like, the importance of physician owned and run practices, and more.

This episode recorded live at the 20th Annual Becker’s Healthcare Spine, Orthopedic + Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference features Collin Hart, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at ERE Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Here, he discusses his background, healthcare real estate trends he is watching closely, what issues he’s spending most of his time on today, and more.

In this episode Scott Becker discusses 11 key issues facing surgery centers.

This episode recorded live at the 20th Annual Becker’s Healthcare Spine, Orthopedic + Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference features Dr. Scott Blumenthal, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Texas Back Institute. Here, he discusses his background & how he's seen spine surgery evolve, why he is a proponent of motion preservation in the lumbar spine, the speed of return to sports activity after activL implantation, what actions he recommends to his patients post surgery, and more!

This episode is sponsored by Aesculap Implant Systems.

BJ DiMartini, MBA, MS, Chief Executive Officer, at Excel Health joins the podcast to discuss his background, top 3 trends he's following in healthcare and ASCs today, current excitements, and how he's thinking about growth over the next year.

This episode recorded live at the 20th Annual Becker’s Healthcare Spine, Orthopedic + Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference features Dr. Charles Claps, Orthopedic Surgeon at Resurgens Orthopaedics. Here, he discusses his background, private equity in orthopedics, what issues he’s spending most of his time on today, and more.