Becker's Healthcare February 2, 2024
Here are four pieces of good news and three pieces of bad news affecting the ASC industry at the moment.
Good news
1. CMS added 11 procedures to the ASC-covered list that were not included in the proposed rule, including total shoulder arthroplasty.
“When I think of my patient population, I see my patients recovering from shoulder replacement similarly to total knee and total hip replacement,” Anupam Pradhan, MD, chair of orthopedic surgery at Dallas-based Southwest Joint Replacement and Sports Medicine, told Becker’s. “I think the change was appropriate and probably overdue. This will help drive some of those patients to an outpatient setting.”
2. Also in its final rule, CMS finalized a 3.1% payment rate for ASCs. The...
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