Medicare program; update of ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment rates effective for services on or after October 1, 1995-HCFA. Notice.
This notice implements section 1833(i)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act, which mandates an automatic inflation adjustment to Medicare payment amounts for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) facility services during the years when the payment amounts are not updated based on a survey of the actual audited costs incurred by ASCs.
D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics; D016345:Medicare Part B / Q000191:economics*; D011907:Rate Setting and Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States