Becker's Healthcare June 16, 2023
ASCs are facing declining reimbursements as operating costs soar.
Here are five CMS moves and leader thoughts about ASCs’ declining reimbursements:
1. In May, four members of the House of Representatives who are also physicians introduced a bill that would make the use of inflation rates when calculating physician reimbursement rates each year permanent.
2. While the ASC industry as a whole has opportunity for growth, Raghu Reddy, chief administrative officer of Cumberland-based SurgCenter of Western Maryland, joined Becker’s to discuss what would happen if ASC reimbursement issues were not addressed.
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