DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 5 (May)

CMS clamps down on same day-surgeries at ASCs

Starting May 18, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) must provide patients advance notice and information on their rights and any physician financial interest in the ASC before the date of a surgery. This means physicians rendering services at ASCs cannot perform procedures on the same day unless a patient previously received the required information.

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