Operational intelligence for surgery centers.
ASC Podcast with John Goehle is a trade-focused briefing for the ambulatory surgery center world. Recent episodes move from industry news and survey trends into practical conversations on accreditation, compliance training, AI, coding, technology, and patient safety.
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ASC Podcast with John Goehle is a specialized industry show for freestanding ambulatory surgery centers. It works like a running operations briefing. Each episode gathers news, compliance reminders, survey observations, safety issues, and focused interviews into a format aimed at people who manage the details of ASC life. The scope is narrow by design. Recent episodes cover accreditation organizations, Department of Transportation training for regulated medical waste, technology hazards, double gloving guidance, and AHA RQI training. They also track bigger pressures that affect centers, including healthcare strikes, weather events, regulatory changes, and the arrival of AI in administrative and clinical workflows. The show is most useful when it turns a rule or trend into a practical risk question. Can staff sustain resuscitation skills beyond a short class exercise? Are expiration dates slipping during routine operations? Are physician codes being allowed to drift into ASC coding? Is technology being adopted with enough caution? The pacing is workmanlike and agenda-driven, with segments that move from headline updates into deeper interviews. Accreditation receives sustained attention, with recent conversations involving DNV, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare, ACHC, and QuadA. Those episodes are less about branding the organizations and more about how surveys, education, inter-rater reliability, deficiencies, and preparation shape center operations. Technology is another growing thread. AI is framed neither as magic nor simple threat, but as a tool that may change how experienced healthcare workers get work done. EHR implementation and digital narcotic cabinet concerns sit in the same practical lane. Clinical preparedness also matters. A discussion of malignant hypothermia grounds the show in the reality that rare events still demand serious preparation. The result is not a broad healthcare podcast. It is a trade desk for ASC administrators, nursing leaders, compliance staff, and consultants who need to keep up with standards, surveys, safety practices, and operational change.
Made for: The show is for ASC administrators, directors of nursing, compliance leads, consultants, and healthcare operators who need practical updates on standards, surveys, safety, staffing, and technology.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the tight focus on freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, with accreditation and compliance treated as everyday operating realities rather than abstract policy debates.
A podcast for Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers with Industry Leader John J. Goehle, MBA, CASC, CPA. Mr. Goehle is the author of 10 books about the ASC industry and a frequent speaker at industry meetings.
An expiration date becomes a jump scare when your surgery center has a survey coming.
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A practical ASC episode on accreditation preparation, regulatory impact, DOT training, and virtual education.
Episode 271 takes a practical pass through a wide ASC agenda, moving from recent news and regulatory pressure to DOT training tied to regulated medical waste and accreditation education.
A grounded ASC update weighs AI against the real staffing pressure on stretched clinical teams.
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This episode covers the latest news, technology hazards, AORN double gloving guidance, the AHA RQI program, survey trends, and an interview with Michelle Coalson from DNV.
Episode 271 of ASC Podcast with John Gailey, recorded March 10, 2026, focuses on ASC policy changes, DOT regulated-medical-waste training, and an AAAHC interview with Noelle Adachi.
["Episode 270 of the ASC Podcast with John Gailey, recorded February 23, 2026 in Spencerport, New York, opens with the East Coast Bomb Cyclone and its effect on ASC operations and disaster documentation.", "Sue Cronkite and John Gailey promote two 2026 boot camps for ASC leaders, including Director of Nursing Boot Camp on April 7-10 and Administrator's Boot Camp on May 26-29 through ASC-Central.com.", "The episode updates the New York City nurses' strike at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian, then covers California Assembly Bill 876, which clarifies independent CRNA practice with a physician order.", "John Gailey then discusses HIPAA-compliant staff communication with Stryker's Vocera and launches a year-long AI series with Matt Galati of AmbuSun on staffing, inventory, billing, and ASC workflow speed."]
John Gailey discusses latest industry news, expiration dates, 2025 profit breakthroughs, and interviews Dr.
This episode covers healthcare strikes, non-generator-backed outlets in ORs, off-site sterilization, and an interview with Rommie Johnson from ACHC about accreditation.
Episode 264, recorded December 16, 2025, connects ASC financial pressures with infection-control citations and billing decisions.
Anthem's announced January 1, 2026 policy would reduce in-network facilities' allowed payments by 10% when specified out-of-network clinicians participate.
Katie Pearson says annual mock surveys help ASC teams find compliance gaps before scheduled or surprise accreditation visits.
At the Colorado association’s 2025 conference in Golden, John Gailey and Sue Cronkite interview ASC attendees, a state life safety surveyor, and a consultant pharmacist.
Live from the Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association 2025 conference at the Tulalip casino, John Gailey reports that the Department of Health representative attended the whole event and both of his sessions.
CMS memo QSO-26-01 halts Medicare standard recertification surveys, initial certification surveys, and processing of changes of ownership and location during the October 2025 federal shutdown, while immediate jeopardy complaint investigations continue.
Episode 258 of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle was recorded live on October 10, 2025 at the Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association conference in Portland, with interviews of new board member Dina Putnam Gilcrest, MediCleans sales director Jesse Jasney and past president Kelly Cuelo.
In the 250th episode, the hosts discuss HIPAA email compliance, cybersecurity, DOL audits, and interview John Goehle about ASC industry trends.
John Gailey interviews Bill Prentice about ASC industry updates including accreditation trends, CMS citations, outsourced sterilization, and the impact of the 2024 election on the 2025 payment rule and Medicare reporting.
John Gailey discusses the final 2025 ASC/HOPD payment rule, IV fluid shortage updates, and interviews Mary Ryan on developing next-generation ASC leaders.
John Gailey discusses ASC industry news, survey experiences, HOPD vs ASC statistics, and interviews Kara Newberry about the 2025 HOPD/ASC payment proposal.
This episode covers the latest ASC industry news, OSHA 300 reporting, policy vs protocol distinctions, credentialing and privileging, and features an interview with Amanda Penrod on credentialing documentation pitfalls.