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Virginia Feldman, MD, chairperson of Hudson Valley Ambulatory Surgery in Middletown, N.Y., discusses how the big changes in healthcare will impact ambulatory surgery centers.

Healthcare reform will be a big issue for all healthcare providers next year, especially ambulatory surgery centers. Uncertainty surrounding legislation and implementation has already had a big impact on the ASC market and several new initiatives will present challenges in 2013. Here, industry professionals discuss what they expect to see next year and how surgery centers can successfully overcome these challenges.

Rebecca Harrell is a medical office broker with Henry S. Miller Brokerage, one of the largest independent commercial real estate firms based in Texas. She discusses the trends and opportunities for ambulatory surgery centers in the future.

Minnesota Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken are fighting the medical device tax mandated by healthcare reform, according to the Star Tribune.

Now that the 2012 elections have given President Obama a second term and have secured a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, there is little question that implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will proceed with renewed vigor.

This article is written by Christian G. Zimmerman, MD, FACS, MBA¹ and Pennie S. Seibert, PhD^1,2  

Reed Martin, COO of Surgical Management Professionals, discusses five key initiatives for surgery centers to enhance patient volume next year.

Three experts discuss how spine surgeons and practices are meeting the financial and regulatory demands of healthcare reform.

Medarva at Stony Point Surgery Center in Richmond, Va., has a policy of accepting every patient, regardless of their payor, and is able to maintain profitability despite treating a considerable number of Medicare and Medicaid cases. In some markets, surgery centers are considering dropping government payor cases, but CEO Bruce Kupper doesn't see that in the future for Medarva.