CMS added total knee replacement to the ASC-payables list for 2020, and with it, a flux of patients are expected to migrate to the outpatient space. Centers can capitalize on the extra surgical volume, but Medicare’s reimbursement rate will require ASC leaders to eliminate operational waste to fully recognize the opportunity. In December, an advisory panel of orthopedic surgeons recruited by Becker’s ASC Review in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson answered questions about how ASCs can capitalize on total joints in 2020.
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Source: https://www.beckersasc.com/orthopedics-tjr/the-future-of-total-joints-in-the-asc-6-surgeons-weigh-in-on-cms-2020-changes.html