The group is accepting comments until Dec. 20 on new questions it plans to add, as well as measures it won’t be scoring ASCs on. Specifically, Leapfrog plans to:
– Ask questions to determine an ASC’s eligibility to take the survey
– Track volume of procedures performed at an ASC, but will not base a score off volume
– Partner with the American Medical Association to use common procedure terminology codes to assist ASCs in – reporting procedure volume
– Add new fact-finding questions to determine whether physicians practicing at an ASC are participating in national clinical quality registries
– Will use “cellphone bar” icons to illustrate ASCs’ progress toward meeting Leapfrog standards.
– Will add new questions related to safe opioid prescribing.
– Will use new scoring algorithms for public reporting starting in July 2020
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