While the number of surgeries continues to increase annually in the US, and particularly the number of surgeries performed in ambulatory surgical centers, researchers have uncovered a lack of consensus about which patients *should* be treated in the ASC. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released the final rule of the 2018 ASC Payment System, giving ambulatory surgical centers a payment increase of 1.2 percent. The policy update also adds three new procedures to the list of covered procedures, as well as making changes to the ACS Quality Reporting program. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to give most Medicare providers a modest pay increase for 2018, though not all providers will see the benefits. READ MORE
Participating in Medicare’s Ambulatory Surgical Centers Quality Reporting will be strangely familiar for ASCs in 2017, as the program’s requirements to avoid a reduction of 2.0 percentage points in their annual payment update remain virtually unchanged from the previous year. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released a proposed rule outlining changes to the way Medicare pays for outpatient and ASC services. READ MORE
The Office of Inspector general is recommending that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) eliminate the “provider-based facility” place of service designation because there is no reliable way to track or audit payments or potential overpayments. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) annually updates Ambulatory Surgical Center payments. That payment update rate, however, is adjusted each year for each ASC based on its performance in the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program. READ MORE
On October 8, 2015, two Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program measures, ASC-6 (Safe Surgery Checklist Use) and ASC-7 (ASC Facility Volume Data on Selected ASC Surgical Procedures), will be released to the public via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Hospital Compare website. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently extended the deadline for Ambulatory Surgical Centers submitting several web-based measures under the ASC Quality Reporting Program. READ MORE
Several deadlines for the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program are fast approaching, and with new measures being implemented and ICD-10 coming, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made several updates to the program and its documentation. READ MORE
