CMS Releases Stimulus Funds for
ASC Inspections
Although stimulus money is primarily directed
at infection control surveys, ASCs are being closed or threatened with
closure in 43 states for non-compliance with new CMS regulations as well as
infection control problems.
Last year Medicare released new interpretive
guidelines and changes to the federal regulations governing ambulatory
surgery centers. Are you ready for a surprise inspection?
ASCs that fail an inspection are given only
10 days to prepare a plan of correction, a plan that may take hours to write
and a plan that may require elements and procedures that your ASC does not
currently employ. If the plan of correction is accepted, you will have less
than a month to prepare for another survey in which all elements of the plan
of correction must be implemented. If you do not meet these requirements,
you will lose your Medicare certification and possibly your state license.
Will your ASC be next? Are you ready to meet
all requirements of these new regulations and interpretations? Is your ASC
accredited? If not, you are more likely to receive one of these surprise
inspection.
Ortmann Healthcare Consultants has already
helped one ASC in Louisiana successfully prepare a plan of correction, but
why wait until your center is at risk? We can check out your ASC now, before
your center is in trouble. Call us today for more information!
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