Becker's Healthcare January 12, 2023
In the wake of CMS’ increasing ASC payment rates to 3.8 percent and adding four procedures to the list of covered ASC operations in its 2023 “Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed Rule,” the payer environment for surgery centers is showing signs of improvement.
Two healthcare leaders connected with Becker’s to answer, “What does 2023 have in store for the ASC industry?”
Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Terri Cascia. Market Operations Manager at Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): 2023 should be a year of growth for the ASC industry. With 26 newly covered ASC procedures being added for payment by insurance payers and many of those being cardiology geared such...