NCCI Analysis Highlights Surgery Center Fee Schedule Savings

In January, Surgical Care Affiliates petitioned the North Carolina Industrial Commission to change how ambulatory surgical centers were reimbursed in its medical fee schedule. The commission denied the petition, but it asked the National Council on Compensation Insurance to prepare a report predicting the financial impact of the changes SCA proposed.   That report, which came out this week, found that if ambulatory surgical centers were reimbursed at the rate SCA had asked for, the system would see increased costs of between $11 million and $21 million. If reimbursement continues a...