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Medicare posts ambulatory surgical center transparency information

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, September 15th, 2006

To help consumers, providers, and payers make more informed health care decisions, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making available Medicare payment information for 61 procedures performed in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). An ASC is an accredited, freestanding facility that operates exclusively for the purpose of providing surgical services to patients not requiring hospitalization.

President Bush recently directed that more data be made available to all Americans as part of the Administration's commitment to make health care more affordable and accessible. This announcement is the second set of geographically-based information made...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2006-09-15)

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