Becker's Healthcare November 3, 2023
CMS added 11 procedures to the ASC-covered list in the ASC Payment System Final Rule released Nov. 2 that were not included in the proposed rule.
“We thank CMS for heeding our request to move additional surgical procedures — including total shoulder arthroplasty — onto the ASC payable list,” Ambulatory Surgery Center Association CEO Bill Prentice said in a Nov. 2 news release. “Doing so benefits both Medicare beneficiaries, who now have a lower cost choice for the care they need, and the Medicare program itself, which will save millions of dollars as volume moves to the high-quality surgery center site of service.”
ASC leaders were concerned after CMS released its proposed rule in July, adding only 26 dental...
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