Revenue from single-balloon enteroscopy is driven by anesthesia: experience from a tertiary care facility

Autor: Neil Gupta, Nikhil Banerjee, Michael V. Presta, Matthew T. Charous
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Surgical Endoscopy. 30:1635-1639
ISSN: 1432-2218
0930-2794
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-015-4394-4
Popis: Resource-intensive endoscopic procedures have shown to generate more costs than revenue under the current reimbursement system in the USA. Single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE), a resource-intensive procedure, has never been evaluated for its financial impact at tertiary care hospitals, and thus, our aim was to determine the sources of revenue that SBE procedures generate. Retrospective review of all procedures performed using the SBE system during the first year of implementation at a single tertiary referral center. Financial data from two subspecialties in the form of revenues for physician and facility fees were collected and analyzed. Revenues were analyzed in total and as a function of payer (insurance) and physician type. Fifty-two procedures using the SBE system were identified during the first year of implementation at a single tertiary care center. Total revenue generated for all SBE procedures was $123,714 including $64,475 dollars from physician fees and $59,239 dollars from the facility fees. Revenue generated by anesthesia physician fees was higher from Medicare cases compared to private insurance cases (p
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