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Ambulatory Surgical Center Rates

• ASC List of Medicare Approved Procedures
• Update of Rates and Wage Index for Payments Effective October 1, 2003
  AB-03-116 (PDF file format, 16Kb)
• Update of HCPCS Codes and Payments for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) and File Names, Descriptions and Instructions for Retrieving the 2004 ASC HCPCS Additions, Deletions and Master Listing
  AB-03-137 (PDF file format, 297Kb)
• Changes in Payment for Services Furnished in Ambulatory Surgical Centers for Fiscal Year 2004-CR3082 (PDF format, 20Kb)

Federal Register Notices

• Calendar Year 2004 Review of the Appropriateness of Payment Amounts for New Technology Intraocular Lenses (NTIOLs) by Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs); Notice published February 27, 2004 - CMS 3112-N (adobe pdf 41Kb)
• Update of Ambulatory Surgical Center list of Covered Procedures Effective July 1, 2003; Correction Notice published May 30, 2003 - CMS 1885-CN (adobe pdf 35Kb)
• Update of Ambulatory Surgical Center list of Covered Procedures Effective July 1, 2003; Final Rule published March 28, 2003 - CMS 1885-FC (adobe pdf 305Kb)
• ASC Proposed Rule - June 12, 1998
• (pp 32289-32338) ascpr_1.pdf (530Kb)
• (pp 32339-32388) ascpr_2.pdf (966Kb)
• (pp 32389-32438) ascpr_3.pdf (922Kb)
• (pp 32439-32488) ascpr_4.pdf (794Kb)
• (pp 32489-32521) ascpr_5.pdf (406Kb)
• Addendum A (zip file format 553Kb)
• Annual Review of the Appropriateness of Payment Amounts for New Technology Intraocular Lenses (NTIOLs)
(zip file format 553Kb)

Coding/Billing

• Electronic Data Interchange(EDI)
• Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
• ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee

Policies and Regulations

• The CMS Online Manual System
  This page includes links to the CMS Manual System (Internet-Only Manuals), Paper-Based Manuals, Program Transmittals and Program Memoranda.
• CMS Manual System (Internet-Only Manuals) -- Effective October 1, 2003, CMS transitioned from a paper-based to a web-based manual system.
• Ambulatory Surgical Center Program Transmittals -- Program transmittals are used to communicate new or changed policies, and/or procedures that are being incorporated into a specific CMS program manual. The cover page (or transmittal page) summarizes the new changed material, specifying what is changed.
• 2003 Program Memoranda -- Effective October 1, 2003, program memoranda (PMs) will no longer be issued to transmit new Medicare & Medicaid policies and procedures.
• Carriers Manual -- Crosswalks from Paper-Based Manuals to Internet-Only Manuals

• Ambulatory Surgical Center Quarterly Provider Update
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• CMS-0045-F(pdf 248Kb) - HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standard Unique Health Identifier for Health Care Providers

Enrollment

• Provider Enrollment for Ambulatory Surgical Centers
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Participation

• Conditions of Coverage: Ambulatory Surgical Centers
• CMS-377 Form; ASC Request for Certification in the Medicare Program(pdf format 64Kb)
• CMS Guidance to State Survey Agency Directors and CMS Regional Offices