Denver Surgery Center hosts pair of political candidates — 3 insights

Colorado State House of Representatives candidates Alex Valdez and Serena Gutierrez visited Denver Surgery Center to tour the ASC and discuss surgery centers.

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Here’s what you should know:

1. Denver Surgery Center is managed by Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III.

2. Surgery center representatives spoke on an array of issues including:

  • Switching the Medicare inflationary update factor from the Consumer Price Index to the hospital market basket
  • Requiring CMS to post ASC and HOPD quality metrics online in a comparative manner
  • Adding an ASC advocate to the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment
  • Requiring CMS to disclose the criteria it considers for ambulatory payment classification
  • Closing the colonoscopy loophole

3. The surgery center also took the candidates on a tour of the center, highlighting the safety, cost and quality options.

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