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Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-3132| Senate 
| Updated: 11/2/2021
Richard Blumenthal

Richard Blumenthal

Democratic Senator

Connecticut

Cosponsors (2)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021 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.) The bill also limits the copayment amount for ASC services under Medicare to that of the inpatient hospital deductible.
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Timeline
Nov 2, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Nov 2, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 3, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-5818
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • November 2, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 2, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • November 3, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-5818
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 117-5818: Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesGovernment information and archivesHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHome and outpatient careMedicareSurgery and anesthesia

Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-3132| Senate 
| Updated: 11/2/2021
Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021 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.) The bill also limits the copayment amount for ASC services under Medicare to that of the inpatient hospital deductible.
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Timeline
Nov 2, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Nov 2, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 3, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-5818
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • November 2, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 2, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • November 3, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-5818
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Richard Blumenthal

Richard Blumenthal

Democratic Senator

Connecticut

Cosponsors (2)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 117-5818: Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesGovernment information and archivesHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHome and outpatient careMedicareSurgery and anesthesia