Author: Larissa

Author: Healthcare Bluebook and HealthSmart via Advancing Surgical Care

A review of commercial medical-claims data found that U.S. healthcare costs are reduced by more than $38 billion per year due to the availability of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) as an appropriate setting for outpatient procedures. More than $5 billion of the cost reduction accrues to the patient through lower deductible and coinsurance payments.

Author: Laura Dyrda, Becker’s

Mr. Stack said he sees the move to outpatient surgery as an important driver for the company’s success in the future. The company estimates around 70 percent of surgeries are done in hospitals and 30 percent are done in ASCs; however, over the next 10 years Mr. Stack projects that will flip to 70 percent of surgeries performed in an outpatient or ambulatory setting and 30 percent in the inpatient hospital.

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