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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive >  The New ASC Payment System 2008

Is Pay for Performance Next?

Medicare will likely extend its hospital reimbursement requirements to ASCs, requiring you to submit standardized quality data or face a reduction in reimbursement.

Sharon Cheng; and Marian Lowe

Beware: Medicare has ASCs in its pay-for-performance crosshairs. Perform surgery on the wrong knee, botch antibiotic administration or send a patient to your community's general hospital and you might get smacked with a 2 percent penalty on Medicare reimbursements. While no one is truly certain how pay for performance will play out in ASCs, you may have to report quality measures to CMS as early as 2009. Here's a breakdown of why — and how — you may soon have to prove that you deserve what you earn.

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