Revised Payment Files for the 2010 Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System
Many ASC payment rates under the ASC payment system are established using payment rate information in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). This change request (CR) amends those payment files to reflect retroactive provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Affordable Care Act) Public Law 111-148, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111- 152. The Affordable Care Act required retroactive changes to the CY 2010 OPPS and MPFS payment rates. This CR also amends those payment files to include changes to the MPFS payment amounts as a result of practice expense (PE) and malpractice relative value unit (RVU) corrections. This requires revised ASC fee schedule (ASCFS) and ASC Payment Indicator (PI) files retroactive to January 1, 2010.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 28, 2010
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