--- title: The UbiBlog | Patient Engagement and Value-Based Care Analysis | CMS description: CMS | UbiCare provides total engagement solutions enabling hospitals to be at the forefront of patient-centered innovation and value-based care through targeted education, mobile connections and real time data. --- [![logo](https://blog.ubicare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ubicare_Image/logo.png?width=250&name=logo.png)](http://www.ubicare.com/) - [Home](https://ubicare.com/) - [About](https://ubicare.com/about-ubicare/) - [Blog](https://blog.ubicare.com/) - [Client Login](https://mobile.ubicare.com) - [Contact Us](https://ubicare.com/contact/) ## [New CMS Rules Represent Tremendous Opportunity for ASCs](https://blog.ubicare.com/new-cms-rules-represent-tremendous-opportunity) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Mar 9, 2021 6:04:35 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/Opportunity%20for%20ASCs_B_social_badge.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/new-cms-rules-represent-tremendous-opportunity) In 2021, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) authorized payment to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) for outpatient hip replacement surgeries, adding to the outpatient knee replacement surgeries authorized the previous year.  The size and projected market growth for outpatient total knee and hip replacement surgeries represent tremendous opportunity—with a projected $13.5B in total joint replacement (TJR) business for ASCs, and nearly half of all joint replacement surgeries expected to move to outpatient centers by 2026. But while the market and opportunity for ASCs is enormous, so are the challenges, as: [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/new-cms-rules-represent-tremendous-opportunity) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/new-cms-rules-represent-tremendous-opportunity#comments-listing) Topics: [CMS](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/cms), [joint replacement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/joint-replacement), [ASC](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/asc) ## [It's Impacting Your 5-star Rating — Are You Tracking This Metric?](https://blog.ubicare.com/are-you-keeping-your-eye-on-this-metric) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Sep 26, 2019 7:30:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/NPS-blog_social_badge.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/are-you-keeping-your-eye-on-this-metric) In a recent post, we suggested that you [Forget the CMS Star Ratings Debate and Focus on Quality Care](https://blog.ubicare.com/forget-the-cms-star-ratings-debate-focus-on-quality-care). But that's not to suggest you should forget about the star ratings themselves. Today's consumers seek out — and attach great importance to comparative ratings that are reported by their peers (think Yelp®, TripAdvisor®, or even Amazon®). A 2018 report from Deloitte, [Inside the patient journey: Three key touch points for consumer engagement strategies,](https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/health-care/patient-engagement-health-care-consumer-survey.html) reported that more consumers are using quality ratings than in previous years. We must assume the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) star ratings will be an increasingly important resource for healthcare consumers in the future. 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