Initiatives

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

Ophthalmology Off the Grid: Ownership Positions in ASCs

December 14, 2022

Ophthalmology Off the Grid: The Roadmap to Building Your ASC

November 28, 2022

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

November 1, 2022

CMS Rejects Facility Reimbursement for Cataract and Other Ophthalmic Procedures in OBS

November 1, 2022

OOSS ASC Payment Initiative

September 13, 2022

OOSS Comments to CMS Regarding Office Based Surgery

September 6, 2022

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

Reducing Topical Drug Waste in Ophthalmic Surgery

April 6, 2022

CMS Issues Guidance Regarding Compliance With Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements

January 27, 2022

Supreme Court Ruling on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

January 13, 2022

OOSS Cyber Security Webinar

October 13, 2021

OOSS Responds to New CMS Regulations Concerning ASC Payments

September 16, 2021

Biden Administration COVID-19 Six-Point Plan Will Likely Affect Ophthalmic ASCs

September 10, 2021

Office-Based Surgery – Risk or Reward?

July 8, 2021

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

June 25, 2021

The Significant Advantages of Ophthalmic ASC Ownership

May 1, 2021

New Normal: Infection Control

February 1, 2021

ASCs Are the Clear Choice For Cataract Surgery