Although Medicare payment rates have not faced major cuts under the new administration so far, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) continue to be underpaid compared to hospitals. That’s according to Bill Prentice, CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), who recently shared his regulatory outlook at the Arizona Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s 2025 Annual Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. “Medicare seems to be OK right now,” Prentice said at the conference. “But we still are standing on the fact that we are paid so much less than hospital outpatient departments, [which] are doing the same things.”
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Source: https://ascnews.com/2025/06/we-have-a-great-story-to-tell-but-we-have-to-tell-it-asca-ceo-urges-asc-leaders-to-step-up-advocacy/