National ASC Payment Calculator for CY 2008

SMA Informatics provides a National ASC Payment Calculator for CY 2008 as a service for our clients.

The SMA ASC calculator which permits the User to calculate the payment rate for 10 HCPCS for any of the more than 4600 ASCs in the US is located at: http://www.smainformatics.com/ASC

Additionally, we have provided PDF formatted files which expand on three elements used with the calculator:

1. Complete list of HCPCS codes approved for payment during CY 2008
2. Directory of ASC Facilities
3. Table of Payment Indicators Used within the Calculator

We have selected a set of four documents developed by CMS and MedPAC which provide expanded background about the ASC Payment System.

• MedPAC Basic ASC Payment Methodology
• CMS MedLearn for ASC Payments
• CMS Question and Answer set about ASC Payment System
• Chart Displaying the Growth in the number of ASCs 1996 to 2006

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