Ambulatory Surgical Center Access Act of 2009

The ASC Access Act of 2009 (H.R. 2049), introduced by Kendrick Meek (D-FL) and Wally Herger (R-CA), would resolve the increasing discrepancy between ASC and hospital outpatient department (HOPD) payments, require comparable quality reporting standards for ASCs and HOPDs and assure patient access to same-day services at an ASC by allowing ASCs the opportunity to give patients notifications, required by Medicare, on the day of the procedure if it is not feasible to provide the notifications further in advance.

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