Number of Medicare-certified ASCs that have opened, closed or merged over the past 4 years

MedPAC’s 2019 commission report to Congress outlined data on ASC characteristics, including facility growth.

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The change in the number of Medicare-certified ASCs from 2012 to 2017:

2012
New: 176
Closed or merged: 114
Total: 5,216

2016
New: 159
Closed or merged: 90
Total: 5,474

2017
New: 189
Closed or merged: 60
Total: 5,603

Average percentage change
2012-2016: 1 percent
2016-2017: 2.4 percent

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