From hospital to ASC: The service lines going outpatient 

Nephrology is the specialty that had the most procedures shift to outpatient from 2016 to 2022, according to a June 28 Definitive Healthcare report. 

Here are the top 10 ASC service line shifts from hospitals to ASCs between 2016 and 2022, followed by the percent of shifted surgeries: 

1. Nephrology: 12.2 percent
2. Ophthalmology: 11.7 percent
3. Hand surgery: 8.1 percent
4. Reproductive endocrinology: 6.9 percent
5. Orthopedic surgery: 6.9 percent
6. Gastroenterology: 5.2 percent
7. Allergy/immunology: 4.0 percent
8. Colorectal surgery: 4.0 percent
9. Interventional cardiology: 3.6 percent
10. Urology: 2.7 percent