BACKPAGE: Commercial Payer Initiatives Migrate Care to Lower-Cost Settings

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Commercial Payer Initiatives Migrate Care to Lower-Cost Settings

Tools to move procedures include prior authorization and pre-certification

Commercial payer perceptions of ASCs have changed a lot in recent years, says Andrew Weiss, CASC, administrator of Summit Surgical Center in Voorhees, New Jersey. He recalls a time when private payers were often skeptical about contracting with surgery centers. “Now we are a well-established site of service, and payers are looking to direct more care our way.”

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