Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers In CT Revealed By U.S. News

CONNECTICUT — Ambulatory surgery centers providing same-day surgical care, including diagnostic and preventive procedures, have transformed the outpatient experience for millions of Americans.

U.S. News & World Report, known for its school and hospital rankings, has released its inaugural edition of Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers. The rankings, released Tuesday in collaboration with CareJourney, rated nearly 5,000 surgery centers, including 55 in Connecticut, 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, according to U.S. News & World Report. You can read the editors' complete methodology here.

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. Fewer than 15 percent of evaluated facilities earned a “High Performing” rating.

Here are U.S. News & World Report's ratings for Connecticut ASCs: