REGULATORY REVIEW: ASCs Gain Significant Ground under Proposed Rule

Regulatory Review

ASCs Gain Significant Ground Under Proposed Rule

Medicare’s 2019 ASC payment proposal incorporates several ASCA requests

BY KARA NEWBURY   |  OCTOBER 2018

Regulatory Review

The proposed rule accommodates some important requests ASCA has made since 2009.

Regulatory Review

ASCs Gain Significant Ground Under Proposed Rule

Medicare’s 2019 ASC payment proposal incorporates several ASCA requests

BY KARA NEWBURY   |  OCTOBER 2018

The 2019 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Payment Rule that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released at the end of July is the most positive for ASCs since 2009, when the ASC payment system was aligned with the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) payment system. It also accommodates some important requests ASCA has made since that time.

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