S 3132
Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021
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The Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021 aims to improve Medicare payments for ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) and increase transparency in their quality of care. It seeks to align ASC payment updates with those for hospital outpatient departments, requires side-by-side quality comparisons, and mandates that CMS provide specific reasons when procedures are excluded from ASC coverage. The bill also establishes a process for including ASC representatives in payment system advisory panels and limits Medicare copayments for ASC services to the inpatient hospital deductible amount.
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