CMS 2021 Fee Schedule Expands ASC Procedures

Michael Cassidy, mcassidy@tuckerlaw.com

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the new hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical center fee schedule for 2021 on August 12, 2020 at this this link:  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/12/2020-17086/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment           

As part of the proposed revisions, CMS intends to transfer over 1,500 procedures from the “inpatient only” category, including 266 musculo-skeletal procedures as of 2021, the explanation and list of which begins on page 386 in the attached link.

For additional information contact Mike Cassidy.