Medicare-certified ASCs are subject to numerous federal laws — including the Anti-Kickback Statute — that require compliance when bringing in or terminating surgeon owners, according to a recent article in the March 2025 issue of Surgery Business magazine. Here are six strategies to mitigate these risks, according to the article. Selecting new surgeon owners ASCs […]
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Medicare payments to ASCs jumped nearly $2 billion between 2018 and 2023, according to a March 13 MedPAC report to Congress. Here’s a chart illustrating the growth in Medicare fee-for-service payments to ASCs from 2018 to 2023: Year Medicare payments to ASCs 2018 $4.9 billion 2019 $5.2 billion 2020 $5.6 billion 2021 $6 billion 2022 […]
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Radiologists lead as the highest-paid physicians per hour, according to a recent survey by the American Medical Association. Here are the physician specialties with the highest hourly compensation: Specialty Average hourly pay Radiology $281.27 Otolaryngology $255.50 Gastroenterology $249.66 Cardiology $240.54 Orthopaedic surgery $238.49 Office-based proceduralist $236.18 Hospital-based surgery $234.96 Dermatology $231.37 Hematology/oncology $216.87 Vascular surgery […]
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