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Where the cases are going. Volume, payment, and migration signals across ortho, GI, ophthalmology, cardiology, spine, and pain.
Edited by Brent Reilly · 2 reporters · Updated continuously
- Total joints keep moving: Medicare TKA volume in ASCs rose 27.6% in 2024
MedPAC's March report counts 49,258 total knee replacements in ASCs in 2024 — up from roughly 10,800 in 2020, the year Medicare first covered the procedure there.
Why it matters: Joint volume is the highest-revenue migration in the sector — capacity, block time, and payer contracting decisions made this year determine who captures it.