The five-year demonstration project is designed to compare cost effectiveness of allowing physician groups to perform surgeries at a physician-owned center to surgeries performed at hospitals or other outpatient clinics. The ASC is reporting case volume and patient outcome statistics, such as wounds and infection rates, post-procedure complications, readmission rates and medical errors, according to the report.
North Carolina legislators are currently considering a bill that would make obtaining certificate-of-need easier for physician-owned ASCs.
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