4 things to know about Medicare payments to ASCs

 
MedPAC’s 2019 commission report to Congress outlined data on ASC characteristics, including Medicare payment growth.

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Four things to know about Medicare payments:

Medicare payments (in billions of dollars)

2012 – $3.6
2016 – $4.3
2017 – $4.6

Average annual change

2012 – 2016 – 4.1 percent
2016 – 2017 – 7.4 percent

Medicare payments per fee-for-service beneficiary

2012 – $110
2016 – $126
2017 – $136

Average annual change

2012 – 2016 – 3.5 percent
2016 – 2017 – 7.7 percent

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