Technology Enables Ambulatory Surgery Centers to Meet New CMS Regulatory Guidelines on Patient Rights

Effective May 18, 2009 a new set of guidelines from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will take effect. Section 416.50 requires Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) to provide patients or their representatives with written notice of patient’s rights, disclosure of ownership, advance directives and informed consent in advance of the procedure. To help ASCs meet these new guidelines without requiring unnecessary patient visits to facilities, Medical Web Technologies (MWT) has expanded the functionality of its web-based perioperative workflow solution, One Medical Passport, to include a means for ASCs to display required CMS conditions for coverage and obtain patient...

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