A new bill introduced in the US Congress June 3, 2011, if passed, would place ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) on what the ASC industry says is a more equal footing with hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) in their Medicare payment updates.
Growth is the goal in any ASC—growth in volume, growth…
The migration of surgical cases from inpatient settings to ambulatory…
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