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).
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