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.
• Preventive benefits
• Rural health (including telehealth benefits)

CMS resources

• Visit the ASC Center on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website.
• ASC Payment 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 -- page contains ASC payment-related annual and quarterly ASC fee schedule and drug file addenda.
• Beneficiary notices -- 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 Certification & Compliance
  • Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• Clinical trials, approved facilities, and registries
• CMS Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) & Conditions of Participation (CoPs) -- 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 -- 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) -- 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. 

• Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
• Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
• Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA)
• American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. (Quad A)
• American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Society of General Surgeons (ASGS)
• Florida Medical Association (FMA)
• Florida Society for Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management & Patient Safety (FSHRMPS)
• The Joint Commission
• Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
• Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA)
• Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers (SIPMS) 

General resources

• MedWatch -- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) medical recalls
• National Institutes of Health
• OAS CAHPS website
• PubMed