Choosing an Ambulatory Surgery Center
Milwaukee Endoscopy Center is an outpatient surgery center. This center, also called an ambulatory surgery center (ASC), are often a better choice than hospitals for the appropriate patients, for quality, cost and convenience. Here’s why:
Quality
- Our ASC meets or exceeds all state and federal guidelines for quality.
- You don’t run the same risk for cross infection as you do in a hospital.
- The exact procedure done in a hospital is done the same way in our ASC by the same specially trained physician.
- Patient satisfaction consistently exceeds 99 percent.
Cost
- Because we are equipped and staffed for very specific procedures and do not provide overnight care, you only pay for the care you need.
- A 2005 Medicare study showed that, on average, a procedure performed in a hospital costs as much as 61 percent more than the identical procedure done in an ASC.
- Such savings are true for just about any insurer, so check with yours to see how much lower your co-pay will be at our ASC.
Convenience
- ASCs are designed for patient and physician convenience by offering shorter waits, convenient access and parking, and service that is typically more personal and private.
- Because we don’t perform emergency cases, you’re never bumped for a more critical case, getting you on your way home as scheduled.
