Becker's Healthcare November 3, 2023
CMS has finalized a 3.1% payment rate for ASCs.
The rate is based on the projected hospital market basket increase of 3.3%, reduced by 0.2% for the productivity adjustment, according to the 2024 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Final Rule released Nov. 2.
The rule will affect around 6,000 ASCs and 3,500 hospitals.
Here are three more things to know:
1. CMS also added 11 procedures to the ASC-covered list that were not included in the proposed rule, including total shoulder arthroplasty, according to an analysis from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. The proposed rule included 26 dental codes that CMS finalized.
Here are the 11 additional surgical codes:
- 21194...
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