Becker's Healthcare October 2, 2024
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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