Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026 modernizes Medicare payments for ambulatory surgical centers.
The Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026 amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program. It aligns updates for ambulatory surgical center services with updates for outpatient department services and prohibits ASC-specific budget neutrality adjustments. The bill also combines volume for budget neutrality calculation.
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