Becker's Healthcare November 3, 2020
Fifteen trends and observations on the ASC industry.
1. There are nearly 5,600-plus Medicare certified ASCs. There has been growth in the total number of ASCs, increasing 1.5 percent from 2013 to 2017. The number of ASCs jumped 2.6 percent from 2017 to 2018 with 224 new ASCs opening in 2018 and 78 closing or merging, according to the MedPAC 2020 report.
2. ASCs are largely rebounding well from the pandemic. There has been slower growth in high-volume procedures, such as cataracts, aimed at elderly patients, but overall volumes are rebounding well.
3. The big four specialties are ophthalmology, GI, orthopedics and pain. About 36 percent of ASCs include orthopedics, 36 percent include ophthalmology, 34 percent include pain management and...
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