Press Releases
2005
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December 20, 2005:FASA applauds HHS and Senator Mike Crapo for Their Commitment to Expand Access to ASCs
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November 8, 2005:
FASA Expands State Advocacy Activities
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April 29, 2005:
Medicare Changes Improve Seniors’ Access to Ambulatory Surgery
but Medicare Still Lags Behind Other Payers, Leading ASC
Association Says
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that adds 65 and deletes 5 procedures from the list of services reimbursable by Medicare in an ASC.
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April 15, 2005:
FASA Applauds Senate Finance Committee Chairman for Letter Supporting Greater Access to ASCs for Medicare Patients
The Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association, the nation’s largest association of ambulatory surgery centers, today applauded the Chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee for his letter that supports greater access to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) for Medicare patients.
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April 5, 2005:
Study Finds Medicare Could Save an Additional $1.6 Billion by Providing More Procedures in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Rather Than Hospitals
Medicare would save more than a billion dollars a year if certain surgical procedures were performed in the nation’s ambulatory surgery centers rather than hospital outpatient departments, according to a study conducted by The Moran Company and released today.
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February 17, 2005:
Ambulatory Surgery Leaders Say Providing Consumer Driven Health Care, Improving Services and Lowering Costs are Key Issues for 2005
The Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA) today said that priority issues for leaders of the nation’s ambulatory surgery centers in
2005 will center on finding better ways to deliver consumer-driven health care, improving services and lowering costs.
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January 26, 2005:
Proposed Medicare Changes Will Limit Seniors’ Access to Ambulatory Surgery, Leading ASC Association Says
FASA submits comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on proposed rule that proposes to add 25 procedures to and delete 100 procedures from the list of services reimbursable by Medicare in an ASC.
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