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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 ).

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