BECKER'S
ASC REVIEW
Will outpatient total joint
replacement become the norm?
J. David Evanich, MD, partner at Flower Mound,
Texas-based Orthopedic Associates and board presi-
dent of Texas Health Orthopedic Surgery Center in
Flower Mound, an affiliate of Surgical Care Affiliates,
discusses the future of outpatient total joints.
CMS proposes 2% ASC pay
increase in 2019: 5 key notes
CMS released the 2019 proposed payment rule for
ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, ad-
dressing payment factors and potential changes in
quality reporting for ASCs.
Five ASC administrators from across the country discuss the
healthcare landscape and where they see the best opportunities for
their centers to thrive. e administrators touch on growing ASC
volume, expanding their facilities, bundled payments and more in this
informative article.
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The best opportunity to improve ASC
profitability in 2-3 years
Inside the
issue:
SurgCenter
Development performs
30k outpatient joint
replacements —
4 insights p. 52
Allstate files $2M suit
against ASCs,
orthopedic surgeons
and others: 4 things to
know p. 46
15 statistics on GI
starting salary p. 37
Orthopedic surgery
tops specialties for
industry payments at
$258M p. 52
Top challenges for
6 ASCs today p. 10
Cardiovascular surgery
center opens in Kansas:
4 things to know p. 15
Physicians Endoscopy
names new president:
4 insights p. 35
12 key articles on orthopedics & GI in ASCs
September/October 2018 • Vol. 2018 No. 5
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