Medicare payments to ASCs have increased since 2012, according to MedPAC's 2019 report to Congress.
Key details:
Medicare payments (in billions of dollars)
2012: $3.6
2016: $4.3
2017: $4.6
Average annual change
2012-2016: 4.1 percent
2016-2017: 7.4 percent
Medicare payments per fee-for-service beneficiary
2012: $110
2016: $125
2017: $136
Average annual change
2012-2016: 3.5 percent
2016-2017: 7.7 percent