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News by Topic: Outpatient care

CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. for Continued Approval of its Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Accreditation Program Federal Register

Sep 7, 2023 - Notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing its approval of the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for Ambulatory Surgical Centers that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

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CMS: Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; COVID-19 Federal Register

Sep 1, 2023 - Notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) withdrawing the August 24, 2023, notice that corrected the November 23, 2022, final rule.

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CMS: Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; COVID-19 Federal Register

Aug 24, 2023 - Notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) making technical corrections to the November 23, 2022, final rule.

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CMS: Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Payment for Intensive Outpatient Services in Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Opioid Treatment Programs; Hospital Price Transparency; Changes to Community Mental Health Centers Conditions of Participation, Proposed Changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Medicare Code Editor; Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation Technical Correction Federal Register

Aug 22, 2023 - Notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) making technical corrections to the July 31, 2023, proposed rule.

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