Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of a new report from WCRI that examines the role of fee schedule changes on trends in payments to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in Georgia’s workers’ comp system.
WCRI noted that while the study is focused on a single state, the analysis applies beyond Georgia as several states tie reimbursement for ASC services to Medicare rates. Key findings included that trends in facility payments varied across procedures, with two of the three common knee surgeries examined having experienced small increases in ASC facility payments per episode since 2014, while the third knee surgery has experienced a large decrease since 2014, which followed a rapid increase from 2013 to 2014.