| Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Procedures Payment Policy |
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| Please note that some surgical procedures and ancillary services, if performed in an ASC facility, are not payable to that facility. |
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| ASC Procedures Not Covered for Payment |
| Only surgical procedures that are included in the list of surgical procedures allowable for facility fee payment to an ASC are covered in an ASC setting.Note: This list excludes the following: |
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- Procedures that are currently performed on an ambulatory basis in a physicians office and that do not generally require the more elaborate facilities of an ASC.
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- Procedures that are appropriately performed in an inpatient hospital setting but would not be safely performed in an ASC.
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| We are including in the list only those procedures that can be safely performed in an ASC on the general OWCP population in at least a significant number of cases. We recognize that there are some procedures that might be appropriately performed in ASC for the younger patient who is generally healthy. But for the larger number of OWCP beneficiaries whose health is more likely to be compromised by disability and age, an ASC may be a questionable setting for those same procedures. The resulting list of procedures allows ASCs to furnish OWCP beneficiaries with a broad range of surgical services that reflect the practice of contemporary surgery without compromising patient safety. |
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| OWCP Fee Schedule |
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http://www.dol.gov/owcp/regs/feeschedule/fee.htm
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| Surgical Procedures Allowable for Facility Fee Payment to ASC |