Becker's Healthcare October 2, 2024
Patsy Newitt

Migrating procedures to the ASC setting has the potential to save patients, payers and healthcare money.

Here are five notes:

1. ASCs saved Medicare $28.7 million from 2011 to 2018, according to an October 2020 report from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

2. Here’s how much ASCs saved Medicare from 2011 to 2018, according to the analysis, the most recent data:

2011: $3.1 billion

2012: $3.1 billion

2013: $3.5 billion

2014 $3.6 billion

2015: $3.8 billion

2016: $3.7 billion

2017: $3.7 billion

2018: $4.2 billion

3. Here’s how much ASCs were projected to save Medicare from 2019 to 2028:

2019: $4.3 billion

2020: $4.7 billion

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