On November 11th, Nephron hosted two of the leaders of the largest Spine center in Nebraska, with 25%+ market share on all spine surgeries in the state. We were excited to meet with Dr. McClellan and Mr. Leatherman because of NS+PC’s positioning in the evolving world of outpatient surgeries as well as their affiliations with UnitedHealth Group’s OptumCare Segment (part of Surgical Care Affiliates).

Topics of discussion included:

• The impact of COVID on surgery trends
• How outpatient surgery trends are developing and share shifts from inpatient to ASCs
• What hospitals are doing to combat the trend of movement of procedures to outpatient settings
• How physicians are thinking about the future, including changes in ownership structures
• How to best partner with hospital systems to improve efficiencies and outcomes
• How bundled payment initiatives, and other value based reimbursement systems are evolving
• What Optum brings to the table in these partnerships and how they are trying to grow
• The latest trends in spine and pain care