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This Week in Surgery Centers

If you’re in the ASC industry, then you’re in the right place. Every episode, our hosts will recap the important news and data impacting ASCs, and share an interesting conversation we had with an expert from the industry. Check back often for new episodes!

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  1. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    What It Takes to Build and Lead an ASC From the Ground Up (opens the original)

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    Here's what to expect on this week's episode. 🎙️ Amy Swaffer, Director at Knoxville Spine Surgery Center, joins us from HST Connect to share what it took to move from 22 years at a Level I trauma center into the ASC industry and help build a de novo surgery center from the ground up. Amy breaks down the learning curve that comes with entering the ASC world, why she surrounded herself with people who were stronger than her in key areas, and how her team built workflows around both patients and st

  2. Episode · Aug 18, 2026

    What the NO PAIN Act Means for ASCs (opens the original)

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    Here's what to expect on this week's episode. 🎙️ Terry Ross, Group President, Prevention & Recovery at Enovis, joins us to break down what the NO PAIN Act means for ASCs. He explains how the law creates a Medicare reimbursement pathway for qualifying opioid-sparing treatments and what centers should know about clinical evidence, implementation, and reimbursement. In this week's news recap, we cover new bipartisan legislation focused on Medicare ASC payments, what recent HCA and Tenet results rev

  3. Episode · Aug 7, 2026

    How ASCs Can Use AI to Turn Data Into Action (opens the original)

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    Here's what to expect on this week's episode. 🎙️ Matthew Obenhaus is SVP of Design & Engineering at NueHealth, where his work spans product development, artificial intelligence, and direct surgery center operations. Matt joins us for the next installment of our Trust the Data series to explain how ASCs can move beyond high-level dashboards and use artificial intelligence to turn their data into practical action. We discuss how AI can help surgery centers analyze physician utilization, block time

  4. Episode · Jul 31, 2026

    Six Emerging Trends Shaping ASC Performance (opens the original)

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    Here's what to expect on this week's episode. 🎙️ We're kicking off a short series called Trust the Data by sharing an excerpt from a recent webinar we hosted for our referral partners. During the presentation, Ryan walks through findings from HST's most recent State of the ASC Industry Report. The report brings together three years of benchmarking data from 682 surgery centers across 45 states and nearly 4.8 million cases. The presentation explores six emerging trends shaping ASC performance, in

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