Regent CEO’s Perspective on Bundled Payments Featured in ASCA’s ASC Focus Newsletter on Most Important Trends for 2019

Chris Bishop is one of four business leaders discussing trends likely to drive ambulatory surgery center (ASC) 2019 prosperity in the latest issue of the ASC Focus newsletter published by the American Surgery Center Association (ASCA). Bishop’s contribution to the article, on the growing trend toward bundled payments as an opportunity to reduce healthcare costs,…

Demystifying Managed Care Contracts to Keep Your ASC Profitable Part 1

Getting a handle on managed care contracts can be a mind-boggling task for ambulatory surgery center (ASC) leaders, but it is critical to profitable operations. Andrea Woodell, Regent’s vice president of managed care, has extensive experience negotiating payer contracts. In this first blog in a 3-part series, she explores key payer contracting questions that impact…

Closing the Knowledge Gap: Essential to Launching Your Bundled Payment Program

Bundled payments are the fastest growing payment type within healthcare organizations, showing a 6% projected growth rate over the next five years. These forecast estimates bundled payments will have a 17% share of all medical payment types by 2022. Bundled payment programs offer physicians and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) significant opportunities for cost savings and…

Regent Surgical Health’s CEO to Speak at Becker’s Hospital Review Conference

Chris Bishop, Chief Executive Officer at Regent Surgical Health, is a featured speaker at Becker’s Hospital Review 7th Annual CEO Roundtable + CFO Roundtable this fall. The conference, held at Swissôtel Chicago from November 12-14, 2018, brings together executives from hospitals and healthcare systems across the country. More than 1,000 participants are expected to attend…

Economics Drive Healthcare Toward TJR in the ASC

Final installment on state-of-the-art Oregon Surgical Institute’s first year success Rapid change in the healthcare industry is creating both challenges and opportunities for ambulatory surgery center (ASC) leaders, and the surgeon-partners at Oregon Surgical Institute (OSI) are no exception. Dr. Jim Ballard and Dr. Chris Nanson were instrumental in conceptualizing and creating OSI, which opened…