Wyoming ASCs saved Medicare nearly $785k on upper GI procedures: 4 things to know

Wyoming saved a large sum of money by shifting cases to ASCs in 2014.

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Here are four things to know:

1. When Wyoming patients underwent upper GI procedures at ASCs, they saved Medicare $784,989.

2. Wyoming ASCs saved Medicare $963,000 on colonoscopies.

3. By shifting cataract procedures to ASCs, Medicare saved more than $1.9 million.

4. There are 14 Medicare-certified ASCs in Wyoming.

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