UnitedHealth: Average of $684 saved when shifting common procedures outside of hospital

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Moving routine procedures like colonoscopies and cataract removals away from a hospital outpatient department and to an ambulatory surgery center can save an average of $684 per procedure, UnitedHealth Group said in a report released Sept. 8.  Continue reading the article here…

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