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Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-3085| Senate 
| Updated: 12/18/2019
Mike Crapo

Mike Crapo

Republican Senator

Idaho

Cosponsors (2)
Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019 This bill establishes and modifies certain requirements relating to Medicare payments for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services. Specifically, the bill (1) requires the payment system for ASC services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revises quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), when excluding requested procedures from the list of those approved to be performed in ASCs, to cite specified reasons for doing so. With respect to excluding procedures from the approved list for ASCs, the CMS may not cite as a basis for exclusion that a procedure can only be reported using an unlisted surgical procedure code. (Physicians sometimes use unlisted codes when performing new procedures or services if no existing code is adequately descriptive.)
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Timeline
Sep 18, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-4350
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 18, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Dec 18, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • September 18, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-4350
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • December 18, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 18, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-4350: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019
  • HR 116-3433: ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2019
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHome and outpatient careMedicareSurgery and anesthesia

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-3085| Senate 
| Updated: 12/18/2019
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019 This bill establishes and modifies certain requirements relating to Medicare payments for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services. Specifically, the bill (1) requires the payment system for ASC services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revises quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), when excluding requested procedures from the list of those approved to be performed in ASCs, to cite specified reasons for doing so. With respect to excluding procedures from the approved list for ASCs, the CMS may not cite as a basis for exclusion that a procedure can only be reported using an unlisted surgical procedure code. (Physicians sometimes use unlisted codes when performing new procedures or services if no existing code is adequately descriptive.)
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Timeline
Sep 18, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-4350
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 18, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Dec 18, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • September 18, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-4350
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


  • December 18, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 18, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mike Crapo

Mike Crapo

Republican Senator

Idaho

Cosponsors (2)
Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-4350: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019
  • HR 116-3433: ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2019
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHome and outpatient careMedicareSurgery and anesthesia