Becker's Healthcare November 6, 2024
CMS finalized a reimbursement increase of 2.9% for ASCs meeting quality reporting requirements next year.
The update, published Nov. 1 in CMS’ 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System final rule, is based on a projected hospital market basket percentage increase of 3.4%, and then a 0.5 percentage point productivity adjustment.
Three ASC leaders joined Beckers’ to discuss their thoughts on CMS’ ASC pay increase:
Tina Heinrich. Administrator and Director of Nursing at El Dorado Surgery Center (Placerville, Calif.): CMS is not afraid to increase our costs by requiring reporting on patient satisfaction through only their chosen vendors, (our costs rose significantly for this). Too bad they are so slow in increasing...
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