HCFA updates ASC rates
HCFA updates ASC rates
The Health Care Financing Administration delivered a program memorandum to its carriers spelling out inflation rate updates for ambulatory surgical center payments, which went into effect Oct. 1, 1997. They are:
• Group 1, $314;
• Group 2, $422;
• Group 3, $482;
• Group 4, $595;
• Group 5, $678;
• Group 6, $789 [$639 + $150 for intraocular lenses (IOLs)];
• Group 7, $941;
• Group 8, $928 ($778 + $150 for IOLs).
• Hospital-Sponsored Ambulatory Care Accreditation: Standards and Survey Process — Feb. 12-13, Louisville, KY. Sponsored by KHA — An Association of Kentucky Hospitals and Health Systems. For more information, contact, Marlene McWhorter, KHA — An Association of Kentucky Hospitals and Health Systems, P.O. Box 24163, Louisville, KY 40224. Telephone: (502) 426-6220. Fax: (502) 426-6226.
• Getting Started: Joint Commission — A Beginner’s Guide to Freestanding Ambulatory Care Accreditation — Feb. 18, Philadelphia. Sponsored by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. Contact: Mary Ann Birt, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 3344, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3344. Telephone: (717) 561-5348. Fax: (717) 561-5220.
• Freestanding Ambulatory Care Accredi-tation: Standards and Survey Process — Feb. 19-20, Philadelphia. Sponsored by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. Contact: Mary Ann Birt, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 3344, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3344. Telephone: (717) 561-5348. Fax: (717) 561-5220.
• Peri-Anesthesia Nursing Review — March 14-15, Greenville, SC; March 28-29, Dallas; April 4-5, Chicago. Sponsored by Clemson University Continuing Education in Nursing Department. Contact: Olivia Shanahan, Clemson University, Continuing Education in Nursing, 307 Edwards Hall, Box 341711, Clemson, SC 29634-1711. Telephone: (864) 656-3078. Fax: (864) 656-1877.
• Same-Day Surgery Conference — June 14-16, The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach, FL. Sponsored by American Health Consultants, publisher of Same-Day Surgery. For more information, contact Customer Service, American Health Consultants, P.O. Box 740056, Atlanta, GA 30374. Telephone: (800) 688-2421. Fax: (800) 284-3291. E-mail: [email protected].
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