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CMS posts payment information for ASC procedures

Physician Practice Advisor, August 30, 2006

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted online Medicare payment information for 61 procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in order to help consumers, providers, and payers make more informed healthcare decisions, according to a CMS press release.

The payment information is broken down at the county, state, and national level. CMS is also concurrently releasing "Other Commonly Performed Procedures in ASCs," which contains similar charge and payment data, but for facility costs related to services of high utilization.

The ASC information is the second set of Medicare payment information CMS has posted following President Bush's call for healthcare pricing transparency. CMS posted similar payment information for 41 procedures performed in the inpatient hospital setting in June.

Click here to access the Medicare payment information for ASCs.

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