Here are three key points:
1. Maine ASCs performed 607 upper GI procedures in 2014.
2. Medicare saved $181,183 from ASCs performing upper GI procedures in Maine.
3. When shifting colonoscopies to Maine ASCs, Medicare saved $540,000 in 2014.
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