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Date: September 11, 2015
The Board is announcing the adoption of emergency regulations for an Ambulatory Surgery Fee Schedule based on the Ambulatory Patient Groups (APG) system effective October 1st, 2015. Proposed permanent regulations will be filed to adopt an Ambulatory Surgery Fee Schedule based on APG on September 16th, 2015.
Ambulatory Surgery Fee Schedule Background
The Board currently uses Products of Ambulatory Surgery (PAS). Effective October 1, 2015, (consistent with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)), the Board will transition to ICD-10 (See Subject No. 046-785). PAS, which utilizes ICD-9, is not compatible with ICD-10. The Board, therefore, must take action to implement an updated ambulatory surgery fee schedule and will transition to the APG-based ambulatory fee schedule effective October 1, 2015.
Regulation
The Chair has adopted emergency regulations and has proposed permanent regulations to use Ambulatory Patient Groups as the ambulatory surgery reimbursement system effective October 1st, 2015. The emergency regulations and proposed permanent regulations will be published in the September 16, 2015 State Register and are available for review on the Board’s website. In addition, the Board has released a transition document providing additional details regarding the implementation of APGs:
More information about the APG system and the 3M products that support it are available at:
Feedback
The comment period for the Ambulatory Surgery Fee Schedule will be 45 days. Please email your comments to regulations@wcb.ny.gov no later than November 1, 2015.
Robert E. Beloten
Chair