The goal of the meetings was also to educate legislators and staffers about ASCs, focusing on how low-cost services save the Medicare program money and the need for continued congressional support of the ASC industry.
The ASC Quality and Access ASC of 2011 would put into place policies to establish reasonable Medicare reimbursement for ASCs while encouraging additional cost savings for Medicare. It would help “modernize” the way ASCs are paid by tying ASC Medicare payment updates to the Hospital Market Basket, rather than to the volatile Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers.
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