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

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This episode 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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