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tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 23
AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS: Gastro, Pain Management Docs Could Lose Money In ASCs
Tell CMS to reconsider the sweeping new ASC payment changesHeads up: If your physician has a stake in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) or performs a lot of procedures in one, then January could change everything.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule spelling out how it will pay for services in ASCs starting next year. -This is the rule they-ve been waiting for forever and ever,- says Laurie Castillo with Castillo Consulting in Manassas, VA. The good news: CMS will pay for an extra 790 procedures in ASCs. Medicare will only refuse...
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