Episode 161 - ASC Podcast with John Goehle - Latest News and review of the revised ASC Interpretive Guidelines - July 6, 2022.

On this Episode of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle, we discuss the latest news and review the revisions to the CMS Interpretive Guidelines for ASCs as published in Appendix L of the State Operations Manual

 

This episode is sponsored by Surgical Information Systems, TriValence and Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies. 

Resources from this Episode:

• Difference in cataract costs HOPD vs ASC
  • https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/27/1107390667/he-and-his-wife-both-got-cataract-surgery-his-bill-was-20-times-higher-than-hers
• Leapfrog
  • https://www.leapfroggroup.org/news-events/leapfrog-group-series-%E2%80%98patient-experience-during-pandemic%E2%80%99-indicates-more-favorable
• CMS Issues Two New Memos for State Surveyors

• QSO-22-17-ALL, issued June 14
• QSO-22-18-ALL, issued June 16, rescinds QSO-22-10-ALL 

• Updated Guidance for Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Appendix L of the State Operations Manual (SOM)
  • https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107ap_l_ambulatory.pdf
  • https://www.cms.gov/medicareprovider-enrollment-and-certificationsurveycertificationgeninfopolicy-and-memos-states-and/updated-guidance-ambulatory-surgical-centers-appendix-l-state-operations-manual-som
• Conditions for Coverage:

• https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div5&view=text&node=42:3.0.1.1.3&idno=42#se42.3.416_150

• Interpretive Guidelines for ASCs
  • https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107ap_l_ambulatory.pdf
• Policy & Memos to States and Regions
  • CMS Quality Safety & Oversight memoranda, guidance, clarifications and instructions to State Survey Agencies and CMS Regional Offices.
  • https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Policy-and-Memos-to-States-and-Regions

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