tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 17

Physician Notes: No Overnight Stays In ASCs For Patients, CMS Tells Surveyors

Sleepovers may be great for teenagers, but not for ambulatory surgery centers. In a letter to state survey agencies, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services clarifies that "there should be no planned overnight stays in an ASC for Medicare patients." If a patient does stay overnight in an ASC, it should be the result of "unanticipated conditions requiring continued observation or care within the capability of the ASC."Generally, procedures in an ASC shouldn't require long stays, or extended recoveries, CMS notes. If an administrator knows in advance that a patient will require an overnight recovery...

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