September 24, 2025

Optimizing vendor partnerships for cost containment, growth in ASCs: OR Manager Conference Preview

Growth is the goal in any ASC—growth in volume, growth in profits, and often growth to new locations. For DISC Surgery Centers, which just opened its sixth ambulatory surgery center (ASC) through parent company TriasMD, that growth has been the result of many factors. A key driver, according to Frank Solis, clinical operations procurement and planning manager for TriasMD, and Art Karapetyan, DISC’s administrator overseeing daily operations in Marina del Rey, California, has been strong vendor relationships.

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