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Last Modified: 4/29/2024 Location: FL, PR, USVI Business: Part B

Ambulatory Surgical Center -- additional resources

Listed below are additional resources identified specifically for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs):

First Coast resources

View recently released articles on billing and coverage from the First Coast Medicare website.

CMS resources

Visit the ASC Center external link on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website.
ASC Payment external link webpage -- provides an overview and additional information regarding ASC payment structure, value-based purchasing program for ASCs and the ASC-approved HCPCS codes and payment rates.
ASC Payment Rates -- Addenda external link -- page contains ASC payment-related annual and quarterly ASC fee schedule and drug file addenda.
Beneficiary notices external link -- Both Medicare beneficiaries and providers have certain rights and protections related to financial liability under the Medicare program. These financial liability and appeal rights and protections are communicated to beneficiaries through notices given by providers.
CMS Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) & Conditions of Participation (CoPs) external link -- CMS develops these health and safety standards that health care organizations must meet to begin and continue participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Quality incentives and innovation models
ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) program external link -- Under this program, ASCs report quality of care data for standardized measures to receive the full annual update to their ASC annual payment rate.
Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (OAS CAHPS) external link -- collects information about patients' experiences of care in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and ASCs. The OAS CAHPS provides statistically valid data from the patient perspective to inform quality improvement and comparative consumer information about outpatient facilities.

Professional associations

The resources below are external to First Coast and CMS but are being offered for your convenience. First Coast and CMS are not responsible for the content or maintenance of these external sites.

General resources

MedWatch external link -- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) medical recalls
PubMed external link
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