Comments can be submitted between August 15 and September 15, 2008.
The proposed revisions include new chapters addressing behavior health services, lithotripsy services and Medical Home.
Existing chapters seeing notable proposed changes include quality of care (chapter four), quality management and improvement (chapter five), anesthesia services (chapter nine) and surgical and related services (chapter 10).
View the AAAHC’s 2009 proposed revisions (pdf).
Learn more about the proposed revisions and how to submit comments here.
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