Here are 29 statistics on physician investment and procedure case volume in ASCs collected from a number of sources in the industry:
The top 10 physicians at ASCs take on about 73 percent of cases on average, according to VMG Health's 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study. The study includes an analysis of more than 275 licensed freestanding ASC covering more than 1.3 million cases.
Top physician case volume:
Top two percent of physicians performing surgical cases
1. Mean: 32 percent
2. 25 percent: 22 percent
3. Median: 30 percent
4. 75 percent: 41 percent
5. 90 percent: 50 percent
Top five percent of physicians performing surgical case
6. Mean: 54 percent
7. 25 percent: 44 percent
8. Median: 52 percent
9. 75 percent: 65 percent
10. 90 percent: 76 percent
Top 10 percent of physicians performing surgical cases
11. Mean: 73 percent
12. 25 percent: 64 percent
13. Median: 73 percent
14. 75 percent: 86 percent
15. 90 percent: 94 percent
While most companies prefer six to 10 active physician owners at single-specialty ASCs, one-third of companies said there should be 11 to 15 at multispecialty centers, according to HealthCare Appraisers' 2018 ASC Valuation Survey. Here are statistics on the number of active physician owners preferred for single specialty centers and multispecialty centers. Data was collected from 15 respondents representing 700-plus surgery centers in the U.S.
Single-specialty
16. One to five: 20 percent
17. Six to 10: 67 percent
18. 11 to 15: 13 percent
Multispecialty
19. Six to 10: 27 percent
20. 11 to 15: 33 percent
21. 16 to 20: 27 percent
22. 21 or more: 13 percent
The surgeon's technical skill is disputed in about one-third of ASC-based claims, according to medical professional liability insurer Coverys.
Here are risk management issues that arise in ASC-based medical liability cases:
23. Technical skill: 31 percent
24. Clinical judgement: 19 percent
25. Behavior-related: 11 percent
26. Administrative: 10 percent
27. Communication: 8 percent
28. Documentation: 7 percent
29. Clinical systems: 4 percent
Note: Percentages are approximations based on a bar chart.