3.0.0 1137 2023-01-11T13:24:41Z 2023-01-11T13:24:41Z Senate S S 2013-06-11 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-06-11T21:53:27Z Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 113 2500 HR 2013-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2013-06-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4215-4216) IntroReferral 2013-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2013-06-11 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2013-06-11 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2013-06-11 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2013-06-11 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2013-06-11 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2013-07-31 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2014-01-28 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Department of Health and Human Services Government information and archives Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Home and outpatient care Medicare Performance measurement Surgery and anesthesia Health 00 2013-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2013-07-02T20:51:52Z Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 - 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.

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

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an ASC value-based purchasing program under which each ASC that the Secretary determines meets (or exceeds) performance standards established, with respect to selected quality measures, for the performance period for a calendar year is eligible for shared savings in the form of a payment increase determined according to a specified formula.

Revises requirements for the composition of the expert outside advisory panel the Secretary is required to consult during the annual review of the clinical integrity of the groups and payment weights in the PPS for hospital 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 (CPT) unlisted surgical procedure code.

]]> Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 Display Title Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1137is/xml/BILLS-113s1137is.xml 2013-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4215-4216) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.