Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Transparency Act of 2019” or the “ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2019”.
Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Transparency Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for ambulatory surgical center representation during the review of hospital outpatient payment rates under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment Representation
ASC representative— The second sentence of section 1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(9)(A)) is amended by inserting “and at least one ambulatory surgical center representative” after “an appropriate selection of representatives of providers”.
Effective date— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to advisory panels consulted on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 3 Reasons for excluding additional procedures from ASC approved list
Section 1833(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(i)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “In updating such lists for application in years beginning with the second year beginning after the date of the enactment of this sentence, for each procedure that was not proposed to be included in such lists in the proposed rule with respect to such lists and that was subsequently requested to be included in such lists during the public comment period with respect to such proposed rule and that is not included in the final rule updating such lists, the Secretary shall cite in such final rule the specific criteria in paragraph (b) or (c) of section 416.166 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), based on which the procedure was excluded. If paragraph (b) of such section is cited for exclusion of a procedure, the Secretary shall identify the peer-reviewed research, if any, or the evidence upon which such determination is based.”.