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GI reimbursement would take major hit under CMS proposed rule

Ambulatory Surgery Reimbursement Update, February 6, 2007

Ambulatory surgery centers performing gastrointestinal (GI) procedures could face serious financial hardship if a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule proposed last year is passed as written, according to a report from EndoNurse Magazine.

The CMS proposed rule would see ASCs receive just 2% reimbursement of what hospital outpatient departments receive from Medicare for GI procedures.

Physician's Endoscopy, a national firm which specializes in the development and management of endoscopic ASCs, determined its centers would see "between a 20 and 22 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement," according to the story.

For more information on the reimbursement challenges facing GI ASCs, click here to read the EndoNurse report.

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