Robots could complicate bottom line for some specialties

Becker's Healthcare September 13, 2024
Francesca Mathewes

Amid the continued migration of high acuity procedures from hospital outpatient departments to ASCs, robotic technology has caught the attention of ASC leaders looking to invest in the future of their practices.

The equation seems simple: the high upfront cost of robotics investment can allow practices to perform surgeries more efficiently, which can in turn increase the number of procedures a practice can conduct.

But the equation could be more complicated in specialties that have seen declining reimbursements despite higher patient volumes per beneficiary, such as cardiology, urology, OB-GYN, internal medicine, pulmonology, radiology, gastroenterology and anesthesiology, among others.

“What is in view here is the rate a procedure [or] surgeon generates margin relative to other procedures [or]...

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