Becker's ASC Review

Register Today for the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, October 24-26--Call 1-800-417-2035 83. Pre-procedure time for low back injections is 43 minutes, and organizations with the shortest discharge times attribute results to not using or using low levels of sedation or controlling the type and amount of medication administered.14 84. Procedure time is seven minutes for low back injections in the surgery center. 85. Discharge time after low back injections in the ASC is 22 minutes, with a range of one to 42 minutes. 86. 90 percent of patients wait less than a month from scheduling their low back injection to undergoing the procedure in the ASC. 87. 93 percent of patients say they are able to schedule their low back injections in an ASC within a "reasonable" period to time. 88. 85 percent of patients report returning to daily activities after undergoing low back injections in ASCs. 89. 80 percent of patients say they experienced less pain after the low back injections, and 50 percent reduced pain medications after the procedure. Growth benchmarks 90. 100 percent of surgery center management companies in the HealthCare Appraisers 2013 ASC Valuation Survey found orthopedics/sports medicine a desirable specialty.15 45 93. 88 percent of ASC management companies find general surgery desirable in 2013 94. 88 percent of ASC management companies find pain management desirable in 2013. 95. 82 percent of ASC management companies find gastroenterology a desirable specialty in 2013. 96. There were 113 new Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers in 2012.16 97. Medicare made $3.5 billion in payments to ambulatory surgery centers in 2011. 98. There were 5,344 Medciare-certified ambulatory surgery centers in 2011, up 1.8 percent over the previous year.17 99. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of ambulatory surgery center operating rooms doubled in the United States and in 2011, 60 percent of hospitals had an ASC within five minutes of their facility. 18 100. Objective Health predicts that procedure volumes for cases such as shoulder arthroscopy, which Medicare paid ASCs 42 percent lower than hospital outpatient departments in 2012, will continue to increase in ASCs. n (Endnotes) 1 VMG Multispecialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. 91. 94 percent of ASC management companies find orthopedic spine a desirable specialty in 2013. 2 Based on benchmarks provided by Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. 92. 94 percent of ASC management companies find ENT desirable in 2013. 4 VMG Multispecialty ASC Intellimarker 2011 Interested in Reaching Every ASC in the Country? Becker's ASC Review circulates to every surgery center in the United States. Call (800) 417-2035 to discuss 2014 advertising opportunities and partnerships 3 2011 supply chain survey from Provista. Incorporating in2itive Business Solutions will have your office feeling less overwhelmed by eliminating missed billing opportunities and creating a more robust bottom line. Exclusive Billing and Coding Sponsor of the Becker's ASC Conference. Visit us at Booth 8F. Call Jocelyn at 913.344.7837 to learn more. www.in2itive.org

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