An ambulatory surgery service is a service organized to provide those surgical procedures which need to be performed for safety reasons in an operating room on anesthetized patients requiring a stay of less than 24 hours' duration. Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) are modern healthcare facilities, which provide same day care constituting of diagnosis and treatment procedures. Ambulatory surgical centers are more convenient as compared to hospital outpatient settings and offer selected surgical and procedural services. ASCs provide healthcare services in facilities specifically designed to perform selected outpatient surgical services.
Market Dynamics
According to the Centre for Medicare & Medicaid Services' policy, Medicare pays for services in ambulatory surgical centres in the United States. Additionally to paying for services, CMS operates a value-based buying programme for these facilities that pays providers according to patient outcomes. Thus, the U.S. government is taking steps to assure adequate reimbursement since it recognises the importance of ASCs in the healthcare industry and their role in driving market growth over the forecast period. For instance, the CMS changed the requirements for Medicare payment eligibility in January 2022, enabling coverage for outpatient procedures by eliminating the requirement for a mandatory inpatient operation at ambulatory surgical centres.
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