Advisory Board March 18, 2025
U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday released its “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” rankings for 2025, recognizing 733 high-performing facilities across four different specialties.
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Methodology
For the rankings, U.S. News partnered with CareJourney by Arcadia to evaluate 4,357 ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) across four different specialty areas:
- Colonoscopy and endoscopy
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics and spine
- Urology
More than 25% of ASCs were multispecialty providers, including most ASCs that provided urological care.
To assess ASC performance, U.S. News and CareJourney analyzed data from Medicare fee-for-service claims between 2021 and 2023 for different outcome areas:
ED visit rate, excluding those immediately followed by acute care admissions (ED visit rate)
- Admission...
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