Becker's Healthcare August 8, 2024
ASCs throughout the U.S. face skyrocketing operational costs alongside declining reimbursements from payers.
Here are five things to know about ASCs and declining reimbursements:
1. Declining reimbursements could start impacting smaller practices more. With CMS’ 3.1% finalized payment rate for ASCs in 2024, small practices with more Medicare patients and lacking the leveraging power of large networks could bear the brunt of the incongruency,
“I worry that eventually small ASCs in small towns or markets are not going to be able to make it because they can’t afford it,” April Aud, RN, BSN and administrator of Black River Ambulatory Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., told Becker’s. Especially because these smaller ASCs often have a lot of Medicare...
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