Amelia Hawkes, Author at MTI

HOPDs cost Medicare 164% More

Dec 1, 2017 | Article

Colonoscopies cost Medicare 164% more when they’re performed in a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) rather than independent physician offices, according to a report released last week by Physicians Advocacy Institute […]

Cataract Surgery Makes Major Move to ASCs

Nov 30, 2017 | Article

The percentage of cases performed in ASCs increased from 43% to 73% between 2001 and 2014. Cataract cases are moving from hospitals to ambulatory surgical centers at a significant clip […]