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The gap between ASC rates and hospital outpatient rates for the same procedures is wide and about to get wider. That's if CMS pays ASCs 62 percent of HOPD rates when it unveils its restructured outpatient payment system. In reaction to this, many ASC investors will convert their ASCs into hospital-based sites so they can bill at the higher rates. To help you understand whether you might want to explore such an undertaking, here are the short answers to 10 frequently asked questions on ASC-to-hospital conversion.
