Announcement includes:
- The Proposed Rule was published in the Federal Register on July 31, 2018, and the final rule will be published in November 2018
- CMS is proposing to delay the mandatory implementation of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Survey (OAS CAHPS) under the ASCQR Program for CY 2019 data collection.
- Under their proposal, ASCs that would like to continue to administer the survey under the voluntary national implementation, may do so in CY 2019 and finalized in November 2019.
