title: Hospital outpatient surgery cost, reimbursement, and utilization data find Medicare a loser.
abstract: Data Library: Outpatient surgery costs, reimbursement, and utilization benchmarks. This new CHIPS survey finds providers consistently lose money for 56 outpatient procedures under Medicare. The only winners are those in high managed care areas and high-volume facilities. The data offer some valuable benchmarks by geographic area, managed care penetration, as well as age and sex.
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics*; D019985:Benchmarking; D003361:Cost Allocation; D003363:Cost Control; D003625:Data Collection; D017048:Health Care Costs; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review