The volume of ASC services per fee-for-service beneficiary decreased in 2016, according to a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission analysis of physician/supplier standard analytic files.
MedPAC limited its analysis to fee-for-service beneficiaries with Part B coverage. The adjusted 2013 values reflect policy changes making services that were separately payable in 2013 packaged with another service in 2014.
Here are 10 statistics on volume of services from 2011 to 2016.
Volume of services (in millions)
1. 2011: 6.7
2. 2012: 6.9
3. 2013 (actual): 6.9
4. 2013 (adjusted): 6.3
5. 2014: 6.2
6. 2015: 6.3
7. 2016: 6.4
Volume per 1,000 fee-for-service beneficiaries (reflects the volume of separately payable services in each year)
8. 2011: 206.1
9. 2012: 209.2
10. 2013 (actual): 210.3
11. 2013 (adjusted): 189.6
12. 2014: 187.8
13. 2015: 191.2
14. 2016: 189.9
Percent change in volume per fee-for-service beneficiary from previous year (assuming that year and the previous year had the same definition of separately payable)
15. 2011: 1.7 percent
16. 2012: 1.5 percent
17. 2013 (actual): 0.5 percent
18. 2014: -0.9 percent
19. 2015: 1.8 percent
20. 2016: -0.5 percent