Outpatient, ambulatory surgical centers get a 2.6% pay increase in proposed rule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed updating the outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payment rates by 2.6%, in a proposed rule released on Wednesday.

The payment would affect approximately 3,500 hospitals and approximately 6,100 ASCs. 

This update is based on the projected hospital market basket percentage increase of 3%, reduced by a 0.4 percentage point productivity adjustment.

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