February 28, 2022 | Today’s News
Today's Top Story Study: Utilization, Costs Associated with ASCs versus Hospital Outpatient Departments From 2013 to 2018, use of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) for outpatient procedures rose from 31 percent to 34 percent, with lower overall costs than hospital outpatient departments, according to a study of administrative claims data published in the Journal of the AAOS ®. In total, 990,980 cases were analyzed. There were significant increases in lumbar microdiskectomy, knee arthroscopy, ACL repair, carpal tunnel release, [...]