ASC SERVICE LIST INCLUDED IN FACILITY PAYMENT

ASC services included and non included in Facility payment- DOL


ASC Services Included in the Facility Payment.

Facility payments for ASCs include the following services which are not paid separately:
 •    Nursing services, services of technical personnel, and other related services;
 •    Use by the patient of ASC facilities including the operating room and the recovery room;
 •    Drugs, including take-home medications, biologicals, surgical dressings, supplies, splints, casts, appliances and equipment directly related to the surgical procedure;
 •    Diagnostic or therapeutic items and services directly related to the surgical procedure (including simple preoperative laboratory tests, e.g., urinalysis, blood hemoglobin or hematocrit);
 •    Administrative, record keeping and housekeeping items and services;
 •    Blood, blood plasma, platelets, etc.;
 •    Materials for anesthesia; and
 •    Intraocular lenses (IOLs).