Tag archives: ASC

CMS Publishes Final Guidance for Hospital Co-location with Other Hospitals or Healthcare Facilities

By Stacey Murphy (US), Mark Faccenda (US), Thomas Dowdell (US) and Hayley White (US) on November 16, 2021 Posted in General, Regulatory

On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its final guidance for hospitals to clarify how CMS and state agency surveyors will evaluate space-sharing or contracted staff and service arrangements with other hospitals or healthcare providers for compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation (“CoPs”). According to CMS, “[c]o-location occurs … Continue reading

CMS issues Calendar Year 2022 OPPS/ASC Payment System final rule

By Mark Faccenda (US) and Thomas Dowdell (US) on November 4, 2021 Posted in General, News from DC, Regulatory

On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”)released its Calendar Year (“CY”) 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (“ASC”) Payment System final rule. This final rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on November 16, 2021. In the final rule, CMS implements … Continue reading

CMS Publishes 2021 Hospital OPPS and ASC Final Rule

By Jeff Wurzburg (US) and Thomas Dowdell (US) on December 4, 2020 Posted in General, Regulatory

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has published the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (“ASC”) final rule for CY 2021. CMS finalized an annual increase OPPS and ASC rates of 2.4 percent for CY 2021, based on a 2.4 percent market basket update and without a cut for … Continue reading

CMS Publishes CY 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed Rule

By Thomas Dowdell (US), Mark Faccenda (US), Jeff Wurzburg (US) and Hayley White (US) on August 7, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, General, Regulatory

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the calendar year (“CY”) 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (“ASC”) Payment System proposed rule. The proposed rule would increase hospital Medicare OPPS payment rates by 2.6 percent and ASC payment rates by 2.6 percent … Continue reading

Texas Finalizes New Nursing Peer Review Committee Requirement for ASCs and Freestanding EDs

By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) and Jeff Wurzburg (US) on January 27, 2020 Posted in Regulatory

In final rules published in the January 24, 2020 Texas Register, the Texas Department of State Health Services established a new operational requirement for ambulatory surgical centers and freestanding emergency medical care facilities to establish a nursing peer review committee. The changes had been proposed on September 13, 2019. The Department did not receive any … Continue reading

CMS Publishes CY 2020 OPPS & ASC Price Transparency Requirements Final Rule and Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule

By Mark Faccenda (US), Jeff Wurzburg (US) and Thomas Dowdell (US) on November 20, 2019 Posted in General, News from DC, Regulatory

On November 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Calendar Year (CY) 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) & Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals to Make Standard Changes Public final rule and the Transparency in Coverage proposed rule. CMS intends through this rulemaking to increase price transparency … Continue reading

CY 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule

By Thomas Dowdell (US), Mark Faccenda (US) and Jeff Wurzburg (US) on November 11, 2019 Posted in FDA & Food Safety, News from DC, Regulatory

On November 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its CY 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System final rule. The final rule implements a number of significant changes to payment policies and rates for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in hospital outpatient … Continue reading

CMS Publishes CY 2020 Proposed Rules for Hospital OPPS and ASC, MPFS, and ESRD and DMEPOS Policies and Payments

By Thomas Dowdell (US) on July 30, 2019 Posted in Regulatory

On July 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published three proposed rules for Calendar Year (CY) 2020: Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule; Proposed Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS); and End State Renal Disease … Continue reading