Same-Day Surgery – September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006
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Under proposed rule, ASCs would be paid 62% of the hospital OPD rate
In a first step toward a new ambulatory surgery center (ASC) payment system, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would pay ASCs 62% of the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) rate, beginning Jan. 1, 2008, with a two-year transition period. -
CMS adds 14 procedures, but cuts other payments
In a proposed regulation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is adding 14 procedures to the approved list for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in 2007 (see list) and plans to expand the list further in 2008. -
HOPDs rate updated, tied to quality measures
Under a proposed regulation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would require hospital outpatient department (HOPD) payment rate updates to be tied to inpatient quality measures provided by the hospital, beginning in 2007. Under the proposal, hospitals that don't submit the required quality data would see their HOPD rate updates reduced 2 percentage points. -
Final report issued on specialty hospitals
In a final report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on specialty hospitals, the agency said it will fine these facilities $10,000 per day if they fail to report their financial structure to the federal government. It also will require specialty hospitals to disclose their financial relationships with physicians to patients and to treat all emergency patients regardless of their ability to pay. -
Do you hear me now? Do you understand me?
Fact sheets on the procedure are produced and distributed through the surgeon's office, brochures about your outpatient surgery program are in the packet the patient receives when surgery is scheduled, a nurse talks to the patient in a pre-admission telephone call, and a comprehensive instruction sheet is given to the patient upon discharge. -
AHA deplores migration to outpatient centers
A July report from the American Hospital Association (AHA) regarding the shift of care to nonhospital settings1 brought strong reaction from FASA, which said the association is playing "the blame game." -
Same-Day Surgery Manager: Want to make patients, staff, and surgeons happy?
Do you really want to know how to make people happy at your facility? I mean, do you really want to know? I will step up and be honest; sometimes I don't know! Sometimes I really don't care and want someone to make me happy. -
Patients happy with liposuction procedure
A high level of patient satisfaction and a wide range in the number of body parts upon which surgeons performed liposuction were two of the results that stood out in the recently released Liposuction 2004-2005 Report by the Institute for Quality Improvement (IQI), part of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.