3 7
A U G U S T 2 0 1 4 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E
CODING & BILLING
Quality reporting for ASCs.
Agreeing that it would be a burden
to report the measure, CMS is proposing to make ASC-11:
Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90
Days Following Cataract Surgery a voluntary measure in the ASC
Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program. ASCA worked closely with
several ophthalmic groups to advocate against its inclusion in the
ASCQR Program. ASC-11 is a physician-level measure that is inap-
propriate as a facility measure because it doesn't speak to the quali-
ty of the ASC. It would also force ASCs to provide data on a meas-
ure that they don't routinely possess.
CMS is proposing to add a new quality measure, ASC-12: Facility
Seven-Day Risk-Standardized Hospital Visit Rate after Outpatient
Colonoscopy, which will affect payment in 2017, with data collection
beginning in 2015. This measure will be a claims-based measure that
has also been proposed for addition in the HOPD quality reporting
program.
Comments?
CMS is accepting comments on its proposed rule until Sept. 2. ASCA
will be providing an online tool, sample language and talking points to
make that process easy. You can submit your comments at
www.ascassociation.org/2015ProposedRuleComments
. CMS will respond
to comments in a final rule scheduled to be released on or around
Nov. 1. OSM
Ms. Newbury (
k newb ury@ascassocia tion.org
) is the assistant director of
health policy for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. This article was
reprinted with permission from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association
(
ascassocia tion.org /AS CsGainGroundin2015ProposedRule
).