The CMS 2012 final rule increased payment rates to ASCs by 1.6 percent this year, and rates under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System increased 1.9 percent. CMS has also adopted new quality measures for surgery centers, in a program that will be integrated over the next few years and affect reimbursement starting in 2014.
If ASCs fail to successfully report quality measures, they could face a 2 percent reimbursement reduction in 2014. Representatives of the ASC Association said its members welcome the changes despite the additional administrative burden.
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