Show pageBacklinksCite current pageExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. All stakeholders, whether [[hospital]], [[payer]], or [[patient]]s are now focusing on [[cost]] containment, [[quality]] improvement, and reducing [[length of stay]] for surgical patients. The natural extension of this is a shift in care from the [[inpatient]] setting to [[outpatient]] and [[ambulatory surgery center]]s (ASCs). Due to advances in both [[surgery]] and [[anesthesiology]], many [[operation]]s are now possible in the outpatient setting. For [[spine surgery]] alone, annual cost savings of $140 million have been reported with the use of ASCs ((Silvers HR, Lewis PJ, Suddaby LS, Asch HL, Clabeaux DE, Blumenson LE. Day surgery for cervical microdiscectomy: is it safe and effective? J Spinal Disord. 1996 Aug;9(4):287-93. PubMed PMID: 8877954. )). payer.txt Last modified: 2024/06/07 02:58by 127.0.0.1