April 2010 Update to the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System


Date Issued: 04-06-2010
Implementation Date: 04-05-2010
Effective Date: 04-01-2010
Source: CMS - Transmittal
Source#: CR6866
Category: Annual SNF CB Updates
CBSI Contact: Missy Tieken
 
This article describes changes to, and billing instructions for, payment policies implemented in the April 2010 ASC update. This update provides updated payment rates for selected separately payable drugs and biologicals and provides rates and descriptors for newly created Level II Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for drugs and biologicals.

http://www.cms.gov/transmittals/downloads/R1943CP.pdf



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