Is it time to stop performing colonoscopies and go full steam ahead with knee surgery? Maybe. According to the proposed Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule released July 1, 2009, colonoscopy reimbursement rates for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) will decline by 5.6% in 2010, compared with an increase of 15% for knee arthroscopy with repair of medial meniscus.
With the explosion of GLP-1–based therapies for type 2 diabetes…
Growth is the goal in any ASC—growth in volume, growth…
The migration of surgical cases from inpatient settings to ambulatory…