Reimbursement: Developing a strategy to stop the decline
As of Jan. 1, 2016, Medicare reduced its reimbursement rate for pain management and gastroenterology by nearly 12 percent and 3 percent, respectively. The problem? Ambulatory surgery centers’ costs are on the rise. In fact, a 2014 report published by The Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. has the highest healthcare costs in the world,…