From 2007 to 2016, claim lines with ASC usage increased more in rural areas than urban areas or nationally, according to Fair Health. Fair Health analyzed claim line trends in five service settings, including ASCs, using a national database of billions of privately insured healthcare claims.
Here are 20 benchmarks on rural ASCs:
1. In 2007, rural and urban settings both made up nearly 7 percent of claim lines.
2. Rural settings accounted for 8 percent of claim lines in 2008, surpassing the urban percent of claim lines by almost 1 percent.
3. The percent of claim lines hovered around 10 percent for both rural and urban settings in 2012 and 2013.
4. Rural settings comprised a higher percentage of claim lines than urban settings in 2015 and 2016.
5. From 2007 to 2016, claim lines for ASCs increased 127 percent in rural areas, compared to 95 percent in urban areas.
Most ASCs are urban and for-profit, according to a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission analysis of 2017 CMS data. Here are statistics on the percent of urban, rural, for-profit, nonprofit or government-owned ASCs:
Urban
6. Open in 2010: 92 percent
7. Open in 2016: 92.9 percent
8. New in 2016: 94.4 percent
Rural
9. Open in 2010: 8
10. Open in 2016: 7
11. New in 2016: 5.6
For-profit
12. Open in 2010: 94
13. Open in 2016: 93.8
14. New in 2016: 92.3
Nonprofit
15. Open in 2010: 3.4
16. Open in 2016: 3.5
17. New in 2016: 6.3
Government
18. Open in 2010: 2.5
19. Open in 2016: 2.8
20. New in 2016: 1.4
Note: Totals may not equal 100 percent due to rounding.