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2024 CMS ASC Rule Comments

September 11, 2023

CMS Proposed ASC Rule Issued Today: update of 2.8 percent, 5.5% for cataracts

July 13, 2023

AAO, ASCRS, & OOSS Respond to Aetna’s Plan to Lower the Grouper Assignments for Cataract Surgery Procedures

February 20, 2023
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CMS Issues Final 2023 ASC Payment Rule: Update of 3.8 Percent; Suspension of Reporting on Visual Function Measure

November 1, 2022
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CMS Rejects Facility Reimbursement for Cataract and Other Ophthalmic Procedures in OBS

November 1, 2022
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OOSS ASC Payment Initiative

September 13, 2022
CMS-1770-P, Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Quality Payment Program and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2023

OOSS Comments to CMS Regarding Office Based Surgery

September 6, 2022
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CMS ISSUES TWO SIGNIFICANT PROPOSED RULES: 2023 ASC PAYMENT UPDATE OF 2.7 PERCENT; REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON ESTABLISHING PAYMENT FOR OFFICE CATARACT SURGERY

July 15, 2022
CMS ISSUES GUIDANCE REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH HEALTH CARE STAFF VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS

CMS Issues Guidance Regarding Compliance With Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements

January 27, 2022
Supreme Court Issues Ruling Regarding Vaccine Mandate-05

Supreme Court Ruling on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

January 13, 2022
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OOSS Responds to New CMS Regulations Concerning ASC Payments

September 16, 2021
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Biden Administration COVID-19 Six-Point Plan Will Likely Affect Ophthalmic ASCs

September 10, 2021
PREAPPROVAL ON ALL CATARACT SURGERIES

AETNA ANNOUNCES NEW POLICY: OPHTHALMOLOGISTS MUST GET PRE-APPROVAL ON ALL CATARACT SURGERIES, effective July 1, 2021.

June 25, 2021
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The Significant Advantages of Ophthalmic ASC Ownership

May 1, 2021
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New Normal: Infection Control

February 1, 2021
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ASCs Are the Clear Choice For Cataract Surgery

February 1, 2021
PREAPPROVAL ON ALL CATARACT SURGERIES

OOSS SUBMITS COMMENTS TO CMS ON 2021 PROPOSED ASC PAYMENT REGULATION

October 5, 2020
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An Office Surgical Suite is Not an ASC: Patient Health and Safety Considerations

October 1, 2020
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Reducing Waste in Cataract Surgery

August 1, 2020
PREAPPROVAL ON ALL CATARACT SURGERIES

GLITCHES, DELAYS, & FRUSTRATION: UPDATE ON OBTAINING ACCESS TO NEW COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS

April 27, 2020
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OOSS Perspective 2020 Virtual Meeting

April 24, 2020
PREAPPROVAL ON ALL CATARACT SURGERIES

RE-OPENING FACILITIES TO PROVIDE NON-COVID CARE DURING PHASE ONE, INCLUDING SURGERY CENTERS

April 20, 2020
PREAPPROVAL ON ALL CATARACT SURGERIES

ACS, ASA, AHA, AORN ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING RESUMING ELECTIVE SURGERY AFTER FIRST WAVE OF COVID-19

April 20, 2020
PREAPPROVAL ON ALL CATARACT SURGERIES

FEDERAL GUIDELINES ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR PROVIDING ELECTIVE SURGERIES DURING REOPENING OF ECONOMY

April 17, 2020