Improving Quality and Access to Outpatient Surgery under Medicare
This act aims to improve access to outpatient surgeries, such as those performed in ambulatory surgical centers, by standardizing payment rules and increasing information transparency. Citizens will gain better insight into service quality and costs, helping them make informed healthcare decisions.
Key points
Aligning payments for ambulatory surgical center services with hospital outpatient services, potentially reducing costs for patients.
Increased transparency: quality data for surgical centers and hospitals will be available on Medicare.gov for side-by-side comparisons.
Limiting patient co-payments for outpatient surgeries to the annual hospital deductible amount, potentially easing financial burdens.
Requiring justification for excluding procedures from the approved list of ambulatory surgeries, enhancing process transparency.
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