On April 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Quality, Safety & Oversight memorandum QSO-20-24-ASC (the QSO Memo), addressed to state survey agencies to provide guidance on processing attestation statements from ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) that are temporarily enrolling as hospitals during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in accordance with Section 1135 waivers. Each ASC should carefully consider how the facility can meet applicable Medicare participation requirements for hospitals and ensure that conversion to a hospital is consistent with state licensure and state emergency preparedness and pandemic plans before converting its Medicare enrollment from an ASC to a hospital.
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