Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 8 - Office of Health Policy and Planning
Subpart 90 - Planning and Resource Development
Chapter 07 - Other Health Services
Section 15-8-90-07-700 - Ambulatory Surgery Services
During FY 2020, the state's medical/surgical hospitals reported a total of 225,867 general surgical procedures. This number included 150,178 outpatient surgeries, almost a 19.40 percent decrease of the 186,324 surgeries performed in hospitals during 2016. The percentage of surgeries performed on an outpatient basis in hospitals has decreased from 67.2 percent in 2016 to 66.49 percent in 2020. Table 7-1 displays hospital affiliated surgery data by general hospital service area.
Mississippi licenses eighteen (18) freestanding ambulatory surgery facilities. Table 7-2 shows the distribution of facilities and related ambulatory surgery data. The eighteen (18) facilities reported 66,789 procedures during fiscal year 2020. Total outpatient surgeries (hospitals and freestanding facilities combined) comprised 74.11 percent of all surgeries performed in the state. The number of procedures performed in freestanding facilities was 22.81 percent of total surgeries in 2020.
Table 7-1
Selected Hospital Affiliated Surgery Data by General Hospital Service Area
FY 2020
|
General Hospital Service Area |
Total Number of Surgeries |
Number of Outpatient Surgeries |
Outpatient Surgeries/Total Surgeries (Percentage) |
Number of Ope rating Rooms |
Average Number of Surgical Procedures per Day/Room |
|
Mississippi |
225,867 |
150,178 |
66.49 |
468 |
1.84 |
|
1 |
6,855 |
4,281 |
62.45 |
18 |
1.52 |
|
2 |
28,428 |
19,203 |
67.55 |
46 |
2.47 |
|
3 |
12,592 |
9,471 |
75.21 |
30 |
1.68 |
|
4 |
20,414 |
14,896 |
72.97 |
44 |
1.86 |
|
5 |
80,241 |
48,788 |
60.80 |
154 |
2.08 |
|
6 |
16,383 |
13,348 |
81.47 |
42 |
1.56 |
|
7 |
15,614 |
12,722 |
81.48 |
35 |
1.78 |
|
8 |
18,555 |
10,939 |
58.95 |
47 |
1.58 |
|
9 |
26,785 |
16,530 |
61.71 |
52 |
2.06 |
Source: Applications for Renewals of Hospital Licensure for FY 2020 Annual Hospital Report
Table 7-2
Selected Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Data by County
FY 2020
|
Ambulatory Surgery Planning Area |
County |
Number of Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers |
Number of Ambulatory Surgeries Performed |
Number of Operating Rooms/ Suites |
Number of Surgical Procedures Per Day/ O.R. Suite |
|
(ASPAs) |
Mississippi |
18 |
66,789 |
67 |
3.99 |
|
1 |
DeSoto |
1 |
1,855 |
3 |
2.47 |
|
2 |
Lee |
2 |
6,800 |
8 |
3.40 |
|
4 |
Lafayette |
1 |
3,174 |
4 |
3.17 |
|
5 |
Hinds |
3 |
13,716 |
13 |
4.22 |
|
5 |
Rankin |
2 |
8,405 |
5 |
6.72 |
|
6 |
Lauderdale |
1 |
2,311 |
3 |
3.08 |
|
8 |
Forrest |
4 |
20,611 |
16 |
5.15 |
|
8 |
Jones |
1 |
1,576 |
4 |
1.58 |
|
9 |
Harrison |
1 |
3,347 |
3 |
4.46 |
|
9 |
Jackson |
2 |
4,994 |
8 |
2.50 |
Based on 250 working days per year.
Source: Survey of individual ambulatory surgery centers conducted June 2021; Division of Health Planning and Resource Development, Mississippi State Department of Health
