ASCA Audio Update

On this week’s audio update, ASCA Chief Advocacy Officer Kara Newbury provides an important update about the prior authorization project for ASCs announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in February. This novel demonstration project would require ASCs to perform a small number of certain procedures to obtain prior authorization from CMS before being able to perform the procedures on Medicare patients. ASCA and many healthcare providers have serious concerns about the value and effectiveness of prior authorizations. Tune in to learn more about ASCA’s objections and the advocacy steps the organization is taking to seek a change of policy.