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BY STEVE SELDE | APRIL 2019
A feature article in this month’s edition of ASC Focus highlights federal representatives that support the ASC community. Although a chamber passing a bill or the president signing one into law are certainly monumental steps, the work that these representatives do on the committee-level plays an important role in the legislative process.
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BY KARA NEWBURY | MARCH 2019
At a February meeting, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials asked ASCA representatives for codes that should be added to the ASC-payable list for 2020. In response, ASCA conducted a brief survey of its members, which wrapped up earlier this month.
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BY ALEX TAIRA | MARCH 2019
On February 11, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) concurrently released two, long-awaited federal regulations addressing health information technology (HIT). The two rules seek to ease the flow of healthcare information, both from provider to patient as well as between providers, and add to a continually expanding regulatory framework governing electronic health information (EHI).
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