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20 Most Frequently
Performed
Medicare Surgical
Services in ASCs
By Laura Miller
H
ere are the 20 surgical services most recently performed in ambulatory surgery centers for Medicare patients based on data
from the MedPAC analysis of claims filed in 2011.
1. Cataract surgery with IOL insert, 1 stage: 17 percent
2. Upper GI endoscopy, biopsy: 8 percent
3. Colonoscopy and biopsy: 5.7 percent
4. Lesion removal colonoscopy, snare technique: 4.4 percent
5. Injection foramen epidural: lumbar, sacra: 4.1 percent
6. After cataract laser surgery: 3.9 percent
7. Injection spine: lumbar, sacral (caudal): 3.6 percent
8. Diagnostic colonoscopy: 3.6 percent
9. Injection paravertebral: lumbar, sacral: 2.2 percent
10. Injection foramen epidural add on: 2.1 percent
11. Injection paravertebral: lumbar, sacral add on: 1.9 percent
12. Colorectal screen, high risk individual: 1.8 percent
13. Destruction paravertebral nerve, add on: 1.6 percent
14. Colon cancer screen, not high-risk individual: 1.4 percent
15. Cataract surgery, complex: 1.3 percent
16. Upper GI endoscopy, diagnosis: 1.2 percent
Advertising Index
Note: Ad page number(s) given in parentheses
ASCOA. blambert@ascoa.com / www.ascoa.com /
(866) 982-7262 (p. 7)
ASCs Inc. jonvick@ascs-inc.com / www.ascs-inc.com /
(760) 751-0250 (p. 40, 41)
ASD Management. rzasa@asdmanagement.com /
www.asdmanagement.com / (626) 840-4248 (p. 35)
The Bloom Organization. www.bloomllc.com /
(732) 229-8400 (p. 9)
CareFusion. www.carefusion.com/chloraprep /
(800) 523-0502 (p. 5)
EVEIA HEALTH Consulting & Management.
nayak@eveia.com / www.eveia.com / (425) 657-0494 (p. 34)
Facility Development & Management.
ehetrick@facdevmgt.com / ww.facdevmgt.com /
(845) 770-1883 (p. 13)
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. info@hfap.org
/ www.hfap.org / (312) 202-8258 (p. 18)
ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists.
broberts@imagefirst.com / www.imagefirstmedical.com /
(800) 932-7472 (p. 13)
Interventional Management Services.
sr@physiciancontrol.com www.physiciancontrol.com /
(404) 920-4950 (p. 36)
Kaye/Bassman International Corp. gnz@kbic.com /
www.kbic.com / (972) 931-5242 (p. 21)
MedBridge Billing. asumner@medbridge.md /
www.medbridgebilling.com / (805) 679-6763 (p. 15)
17. Cystoscopy: 1.1 percent
Medivators. www.medivators.com / (800) 444-4729 (p. 47)
18. Lesion removal colonoscopy, biopsy forceps or biopolar cautery:
1 percent
MMX Healthcare. info@mmshealthcare.com / www.
mmxhealthcare.com / (877) 578-4484 (p. 3)
19. Revision of upper eyelid: 0.9 percent
National Medical Billing Services.
info@nationalascbilling.com / www.nationalascbilling.com /
(636) 273-6711 (p. 19)
20. Injection spine: cervical or thoracic: 0.9 percent n
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20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers —
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October 24-26, 2013 • Swissotel • Chicago
Keynotes: David Feherty, CBS Golf Commentator and Best Selling Author, Rick
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Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist/Author and Associate Editor,
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Physicians' Capital Investments. jturner@physcap.com /
www.phscap.com / (866) 936-3089 (p. 39)
SourceMedical. info@sourcemed.net / www.sourcemed.net /
(800) 719-1904 (p. 4)
Surgery Center Network. info@surgerycenternetwork.com
www.surgerycenternetwork.com / (877) 565-8293 (p. 12)
Surgical Notes. sales@surgicalnotes.com / www.surgicalnotes.
com / (800) 459-5616 (p. 2)
VMG Health. jnickerson@vmghealth.com / www.vmghealth.
com / (214) 369-4888 (p. backcover)
