June 3, 2024- U.S. News & World Report released the Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers ratings of outpatient surgical centers. For the first ever edition of Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers, U.S. News – in collaboration with CareJourney – rated nearly 5,000 surgery centers in four separate specialty areas: Colonoscopy & Endoscopy, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics & Spine, and Urology.
Ambulatory surgery centers were evaluated based entirely on objective, risk-adjusted measures of their patients’ outcomes, including how successfully they avoided complications, ER visits, unplanned hospitalizations and other undesirable outcomes. To ensure fair comparisons among ASCs, the analysis accounted for patient factors, including pre-existing conditions. U.S. News awards the designation of “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” only to the highest-rated surgical centers that satisfy U.S. News’ statistical assessment of performance; fewer than 15% of evaluated facilities earned a “High Performing” rating.
The following 10 states, listed in alphabetical order, have the greatest number of Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers:
In each specialty, the following states, listed in alphabetical order, have the greatest number of Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers:
- Colonoscopy & Endoscopy: California, Florida and Pennsylvania
- Ophthalmology: California, Florida and Texas
- Orthopedics & Spine: California, Florida and Georgia
- Urology: California, Georgia, Maryland and New Jersey
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