Quality playbook systems preparing for outpatient procedure expansion focus on protocols, outcomes tracking, and staff readiness amid CMS rule changes.

Percutaneous transluminal revascularization of or through coronary artery bypass graft (internal mammary, free arterial, venous), any combination of drug-eluting intracoronary stent, atherectomy and ...

WEBVTT -STUDIO- THE NEW REQUIREMENT IS PART OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. ITS AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE PATIENTS TO BECOME BETTER DECISION MAKERS IN THEIR OWN CARE. -VO- BUT FOR YOUR AVERAGE CONSUME THE ...

CMS proposed changing the definition of surgery to account for “surgery-like” procedures in the 2019 proposed payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, which could add cardiac ...

Among other policies addressed in the rulemaking, CMS finalized its proposals to eliminate the Inpatient Only (IPO) list over a three-year transitional period, phase out the list completely by CY 2024 ...

Ambulatory surgical centers are gaining traction in the outpatient market. ASCs continue to perform more than half of all U.S. outpatient surgical procedures, and they can expect to see greater ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is walking back its push to pay for more complex services without inpatient stays, a move that will dent revenues for health systems that have boosted ...