Becker's Healthcare August 20, 2024
As the pay disparity between hospital outpatient departments and ASCs continues to grow, some leaders are concerned about how the chasm is driving patients to hospitals.
This will likely continue as healthcare consolidates. The vertical integration of physician groups and health systems is resulting in a push to procedures to HOPDs over ASCs, according to a study published July 25 in Science Direct.
The report found that following vertical integration, there is a 5 percentage point increase in the use of HOPDs instead of ASCs for arthroscopy and a 6.8 percentage point increase for colonoscopies.
Elaina Turner, RN, administrator of New Albany, Ind.-based Commonwealth Pain and Spine, joined Becker’s, to discuss how this disparity is affecting patients.
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