Boston—When it comes to closed claims, freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) seem relatively immune to the high-severity claims that are common in the hospital setting.
“As many of us know, the volume of outpatient procedures being performed in the [United States] has grown dramatically in the last 25 years,” said Joseph Foley, MD, a resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. “This growth has been fueled primarily by ambulatory surgical centers,