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Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

Introduced: July 29, 2022 Introduced by: Larson, John B. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Nov 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 2, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 2, 2021
Introduced in House
Nov 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

This bill establishes and modifies certain requirements relating to Medicare payments for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services.

Specifically, the bill (1) requires the payment system for ASC services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revises quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), when excluding requested procedures from the list of those approved to be performed in ASCs, to cite specified reasons for doing so.

With respect to excluding procedures from the approved list for ASCs, the CMS may not cite as a basis for exclusion that a procedure can only be reported using an unlisted surgical procedure code. (Physicians sometimes use unlisted codes when performing new procedures or services if no existing code is adequately descriptive.)

The bill also limits the copayment amount for ASC services under Medicare to that of the inpatient hospital deductible.

What's happening now November 3, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 1 Republican 7
LaTurner, Jake
· Jul 29, 2022
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jul 14, 2022
 R
Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Jun 21, 2022
O'Halleran, Tom
· Jun 3, 2022
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · May 27, 2022
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · May 27, 2022
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · May 11, 2022
 R
Jackson, Ronny
Texas · Apr 28, 2022
 R
Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Apr 7, 2022
Walorski, Jackie
· Mar 28, 2022
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Mar 16, 2022
Wenstrup, Brad
· Dec 13, 2021
Nunes, Devin
· Nov 2, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5818: Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5818/
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"H.R. 5818: Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5818/.
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H.R. 5818, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5818/.
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