Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

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R NunesSponsor

92 cosponsors · 32 D, 60 R

R McMorris Rodgers SS

24 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require alignment of updates for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services under a revised prospective payment system (PPS) with updates for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 18, 2015

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

Revises requirements for the reporting and applying of quality measure data by ASCs and hospital OPDs.

Revises requirements for the composition of the expert outside advisory panel the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to consult during the annual review of the clinical integrity of the groups and payment weights in the PPS for OPD services. Requires the panel to include suppliers subject to the PPS as well as at least one ASC representative.

Requires the Secretary, when excluding from a final rule updating ASC lists a procedure whose inclusion was requested during the public comment period, to cite in the final rule specific criteria based on which the procedure was excluded. Requires the Secretary also to identify the peer reviewed research or the evidence upon which the exclusion is based if certain of those criteria are cited for it. Prohibits the Secretary from using or citing as a criterion or a basis for an exclusion that the procedure can only be reported using a Current Procedural Terminology unlisted surgical procedure code.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

Latest action (Mar 27, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 18, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.