BECKER'S
ASC REVIEW
The outpatient cardiology shift is
coming
It's only a matter of time before revenue-generating
cardiology cases shi from hospitals to ASCs, a
transition that has great implications for Medicare
cost.
CMS proposes adding total knee
replacements to ASC covered list
for 2020
CMS may add total knee replacements to the ASC
payable list in 2020 and remove total hip replace-
ments from the inpatient only list, among other
updates.
UnitedHealth Group plans to grow OptumCare, which includes Surgical
Care Affiliates, from a $16 billion business into a $100 billion business over
the next decade. e company seeks growth by serving more Medicare
Advantage patients as well as adding ASCs, primary care and urgent care
clinics.
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How OptumCare aims to become a $100B
business in the next 10 years
Inside the
issue:
18-physician group, 2
New York hospitals
advance $8M ASC
project p. 14
How private equity
investment affects ASC
value p. 16
The state of SurgCenter
Development — COO
Dr. Greg Fox offers 4
insights p. 30
Where US physicians
earned the most in
2018 p. 10
Ohio ASC to close,
reopen as joint venture:
4 details
p. 37
Aetna to change ASC
payment process —
3 details
p. 47
PE firm invests in
3 Pennsylvania GI
practices, forms US
Digestive Health
p. 59
23 joint venture ASCs in 2019 - State-by-state breakdown
July/August • Vol. 2019 No. 5
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