Ambulatory surgery center (ASC) leaders are rallying behind new bipartisan legislation that aims to eliminate a cost disparity that advocates of the bill say is driving up expenses for seniors and steering them away from lower-cost surgical settings. If enacted, the Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act of 2025 would cap Medicare co-payments for procedures performed in ASCs at the same level already applied to hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs). The bill was introduced in the U.S. … [Read more...]