When Does Surgery Center Case Volume Peak & Valley: A Statistical Analysis of 9 Common Specialties

In what month can ambulatory surgery centers expect to perform the most and least procedures? GENASCIS, a provider of outsourced revenue cycle management services, performed an analysis of the case volume for 393 client ASCs over a 12-month basis (Oct. 2010-Sept. 2011) using its MEDIBIS technology platform. It identified the month with the highest and lowest case volume for nine common ASC specialties.

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They are as follows (specialties are listed in alphabetical order):

 

ENT — Highest month: March (12,229 procedures); Lowest month: September (7,220 procedures)

 

Gastroenterology — Highest month: March (31,925 procedures); Lowest month: January (26,643 procedures)

 

General surgery — Highest month: March (12,399 procedures); Lowest month: February (10,507 procedures)

 

OB/GYN — Highest month: March (5,324 procedures); Lowest month: February (4,312 procedures)

 

Ophthalmology — Highest month: March (24,018 procedures); Lowest month: January (19,486 procedures)

 

Orthopedics — Highest month: December (30,369 procedures); Lowest month: July (23,307 procedures)

 

Pain management — Highest month: March (27,943 procedures); Lowest month: February (22,716 procedures)

 

Podiatry — Highest month: December (3,881 procedures); Lowest month: September (2,603  procedures)

 

Urology — Highest month: March (6,410 procedures); Lowest month: October (5,315 procedures)

 

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