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Report states rural community hospitals losing money to ASCs
Ambulatory Surgery Reimbursement Update, May 2, 2006
A recent report by professors from the Tulane University School of Public Health Department of Health Systems Management states that "rural community hospitals lose income in the short- to mid-term when physicians on staff at the hospital opened a competing freestanding ambulatory surgery center [ASC]," according to the American Association for Ambulatory Surgery Centers (AAASC), citing a report from the Louisiana Ambulatory Surgery Association.
The report, called "The effect of Limited Service Health Care Providers on rural community hospitals," has caught the attention of the Louisiana State Senate Health & Welfare Committee, which will review its findings, the AAASC said in the April 27 edition of the AAASC State Advocacy Update.
To view the report, click here.
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