Thomas Hutchinson, Administrator of the Surgery Center of Central Florida
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Who is Thomas Hutchinson and what is his role at the Surgery Center of Central Florida?
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Hello, this is Francesca Matthews with the Becker's ASC Review Podcast. I'm thrilled to be joined today by Thomas Hutchinson, Administrator of the Surgery Center of Central Florida. Thank you so much for being here
today. Yeah, thanks for having me.
Absolutely.
What are the top three healthcare trends Thomas is watching for ASCs?
To start us off here, could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about your background?
Yeah, so my name is Tom Hutchinson. I work at Surgery Center of Central Florida here in Ocala, Florida. I've been here for almost four years. I've been with the company about the same time frame. I actually came from open heart, CVOR, in the hospital, did a short stint in the cath lab, and then came over to the cardiology practice. I was the radiology manager for a little while, and then the director of the ASC left, and I took over from there.
Right. Excellent. Excited to get to the discussion today. To kind of start broadly, what are the top three trends that you're following in healthcare and ASCs today?
Well, I mean, we're primarily a cardiology ASC.
Why are EP (electrophysiology) ablations a major focus for cardiology ASCs?
So one of the big trends that everybody in cardiology or has anything to do with cardiology is looking at for ASCs is EP ablations. That's probably our number one topic right now. in our industry. I think one of the other kind of nerve-wracking ones is the government shutdown and how that might affect us, waiting for the new Medicare rules to come out. And
then
third, I think a lot of people are struggling with the trend of staffing, trying to compete with hospitals and get good staff in the doors and keep good staff.
And that keeping good staff component, I know, is really crucial there. And then, yeah, also, you know, we're also waiting to see what else CMS says over here at Becker's since a few of those rules haven't been released yet. But what are you most excited about right now in health care, ASCs, cardiology, all of it?
BEP ablations. That's a big one. We've been pushing for that for a while. We were trying to contract with private payers and our practice has just kind of struggled with it.
How might a government shutdown and pending Medicare rules affect ASC operations?
I know there are some other ones that have had a little more success on that side of it. I know like in Arizona, there's a couple of places that got like the hospital without walls during COVID and they were able to hold on to it. And Alaska has kind of been able to do it, I think, just more so because of their ruralness, you would say. But that's at least that's the impression I get. But yeah, so with Medicare being able to allow us to do those ablations in the outpatient setting, I think that's a huge advantage to our cardiology patients and able to take some of the workload off the hospital a little bit.
Yeah, definitely. I've definitely heard similar things from other like outpatient cardiology leaders that we talk to every day over here at Becker's. So yeah, definitely just like echo that sentiment. How are you thinking about growth over the next 12 months?
Well, we've actually added a couple physicians to our practice here in the ASC, and we're also looking at adding maybe a couple locums. We're looking at bringing some vascular surgery into our ASC, so that'll be something new for us. We are looking at a couple procedures that require vascular surgeons.
What staffing challenges are ASCs facing and how are they being addressed?
We don't have any right now, so we're looking at locums for that, and then Of course, with the EP stuff, you know, we want to do as much business as we can in that space.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who is Thomas Hutchinson and what is his role at the Surgery Center of Central Florida?
0:02–1:05
2
What are the top three healthcare trends Thomas is watching for ASCs?
1:05–2:01
3
Why are EP (electrophysiology) ablations a major focus for cardiology ASCs?
2:01–3:12
4
How might a government shutdown and pending Medicare rules affect ASC operations?
3:12–4:30
5
What staffing challenges are ASCs facing and how are they being addressed?
4:30–5:48
6
What growth strategies is the Surgery Center planning for the next 12 months?
5:48–6:37
7
What financial factors should an ASC evaluate before adding new procedures like EP ablations?
6:37–6:48
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