Prentice William
Mod Healthc. 2017 Jan;47(5):30-31.
With Dr. Tom Price headed for confirmation to lead HHS, ambulatory surgery centers, often physician-owned, have cause for optimism. Price, an orthopedic surgeon and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, once chaired a chain of ASCs in his home state of Georgia. Recent CMS rules equalizing payments to ASCs and hospital outpatient departments were a start, says William Prentice, CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, which represents nearly 3,000 of the 5,600 centers in the U.S. What follows is an edited transcript of his interview last week with Modern Healthcare editor Merrill Goozner.
随着汤姆·普莱斯博士即将被确认为美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）负责人，通常由医生所有的门诊手术中心有理由感到乐观。普莱斯是一名整形外科医生，也是美国众议院议员，他曾在其家乡佐治亚州掌管过一系列门诊手术中心。代表美国5600家门诊手术中心中近3000家的门诊手术中心协会首席执行官威廉·普伦蒂斯表示，医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）最近出台的使门诊手术中心和医院门诊部支付费用均等化的规定是一个开端。以下是他上周接受《现代医疗保健》编辑梅里尔·古兹纳采访的编辑记录。
