The CMS New Rule On Ambulatory Surgical Centers Earns Only Partial Credit
The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a directive to relax the requirement that surgeries for Medicare beneficiaries be performed only on an inpatient basis to qualify for reimbursement. Starting January 1, 2022, more than 250 musculoskeletal surgeries will be eliminated from the “inpatient-only list,” with an additional 1,500 surgeries eliminated in…