HCFA's Proposed Changes for Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Regulations: Requesting Revisions

Breast biopsy and endometrial ablation procedures illustrate the detrimental impact of HCFA's rate setting methodology, which is based upon obsolete cost, charge and utilization data collected from a small sample of facilities in 1994.

Written comments requesting a revision of the proposed payment rates to accommodate the inclusion of new technologies introduced after the 1994 survey should be mailed to HCFA's attention by 9/10/98.

 

Mail written comments (1 original and 3 copies) to: Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Attention: HCFA-1885-P P.O. Box 26688 Baltimore, MD. 21207-5178.

Click Here to download sample letter in .pdf format

 

For more information regarding the impact this proposal may have on the availability of new technologies at Ambulatory Surgery Centers contact the USSC Health Policy & Reimbursement Hotline:

(800) 336-0263