CMS Proposes Quality Reporting Program for Ambulatory Surgery Centers

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Recently, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed to begin implementing a quality reporting program for ambulatory surgery centers that could lead to a true pay-for-performance program for outpatient freestanding surgical facilities.

On July 1, 2011, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to begin implementing a quality reporting program for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) that could soon lead to a true pay-for-performance program for outpatient freestanding surgical facilities. The proposal appears in a proposed rule that would update the hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and ASC payment system for 2012, which was published in the Federal Register on July 18, 2011.

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