How ASC Medicare payments have grown in the last 5 years

Medicare payments to ASCs have increased since 2012, according to MedPAC’s 2019 report to Congress.

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Key details:

Medicare payments (in billions of dollars)
2012: $3.6
2016: $4.3
2017: $4.6

Average annual change
2012-2016: 4.1 percent
2016-2017: 7.4 percent

Medicare payments per fee-for-service beneficiary
2012: $110
2016: $125
2017: $136

Average annual change
2012-2016: 3.5 percent
2016-2017: 7.7 percent

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