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Becker's Healthcare November 4, 2024
CMS issued the 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System final rule Nov. 1, with slight pay bumps in each setting despite continued inflation and specialist shortages.
“This final rule is a step sideways in a time when millions of Medicare beneficiaries need CMS to advance policies that expand access to the safe, convenient and efficient care that surgery centers provide,” said ASCA CEO Bill Prentice in a news release. “CMS must recognize the enormous impact of rising employment and anesthesia costs, and reform outdated budget policies that shortchange ASC reimbursements so that surgery centers can better serve Medicare patients in their communities.”
Four things for ASCs to know:
1. CMS finalized a reimbursement...
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