DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 8 (August)

ASC payments for some services see slight shifts due to health reform law

Your 2010 payments for some services performed in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) setting have shifted slightly due to CMS implementing provisions in the health reform law, Part B News has learned. Both surgical procedures and ancillary services were affected by the changes, detailed in the Aug. 3 Federal Register. Implementing health reform had a minimal impact on the outpatient prospective payment system rule (OPPS) and Medicare ASC payments, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association said in an online statement.

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