CMS Extended Deadline for ASC Quality Reporting Until Tomorrow

Ambulatory surgery centers treating Medicare beneficiaries must report 2012 volume data for select procedures and verify use of safe surgery checklists on QualityNet by tomorrow or face payment reductions from Medicare in 2015, according to an ASCA alert.

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The original reporting deadline to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was pushed back to Aug. 23 due to operations delay of the QualityNet system. Around 2,800 facilities have already completed the reporting process, according to CMS. Some centers have entered data for only one measure, but ASCs must complete measures six and seven to avoid penalties.

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