Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief
The Bakersfield Surgery Center used to outsource its anesthesia to an all-MD group of contractors. There was just one not-so-small problem. On top of what the providers were billing insurers and patients, the California ASC had to pay them a $15,000 subsidy every month ($180,000 per year) to secure their services. "It felt like wasted money, like a rip-off," says Christie Humphreys, the OR coordinator at Bakersfield.
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