CMS will pay for certain angioplasty and stenting procedures in ASCs beginning Jan. 1, under its 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Final Rule.
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The global ASC market could reach an estimated $72.6 billion in 2019, according to Absolute Market Insights.
Here are five of the most-read articles on Becker's ASC Review this week:
There are a number of specialties ASC leaders are optimistic about moving forward, according to panelists who attended the Becker's ASC 26th annual meeting in Chicago.
ASCs largely saw stable numbers related to care delivery in the past 12 months, according to OR Manager's 2019 Salary/Career Survey.
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ASC revenue cycle services provider Surgical Notes and patient relationship management software maker Simple Admit partnered to create a hybrid technological offering, Surgical Notes announced Nov. 6.
CMS will pay for certain angioplasty and stenting procedures in ASCs beginning Jan. 1, under its 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Final Rule.
Opioid use disorder treatment will be covered under CMS' 2020 physician fee schedule final rule.
CMS included a site-neutral payment policy and added total knee arthroplasty to the ASC-payable list in its 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Final Rule, which was released on Nov. 1.
Hospitals will account for an estimated 33 percent, or $1.3 trillion, of U.S. healthcare expenditures in 2019, according to the Health Industry Distributors Association's 2019 Hospitals & Health Systems Market Report.