[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR416.30]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 416_AMBULATORY SURGICAL SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B_General Conditions and Requirements
 
Sec. 416.30  Terms of agreement with CMS.

    As part of the agreement under Sec. 416.26 the ASC must agree to 
the following:
    (a) Compliance with coverage conditions. The ASC agrees to meet the 
conditions for coverage specified in subpart C of this part and to 
report promptly to CMS any failure to do so.
    (b) Limitation on charges to beneficiaries. \1\ The ASC agrees to 
charge the beneficiary or any other person only the applicable 
deductible and coinsurance amounts for facility services for which the 
beneficiary--
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    \1\ For facility services furnished before July 1987, the ASC had to 
agree to make no charge to the beneficiary, since those services were 
not subject to the part B deductible and coinsurance provisions.
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    (1) Is entitled to have payment made on his or her behalf under this 
part; or
    (2) Would have been so entitled if the ASC had filed a request for 
payment in accordance with Sec. 410.165 of this chapter.
    (c) Refunds to beneficiaries. (1) The ASC agrees to refund as 
promptly as possible any money incorrectly collected from beneficiaries 
or from someone on their behalf.
    (2) As used in this section, money incorrectly collected means sums 
collected in excess of those specified in paragraph (b) of this section. 
It includes amounts collected for a period of time when the beneficiary 
was believed not to be entitled to Medicare benefits if--
    (i) The beneficiary is later determined to have been entitled to 
Medicare benefits; and
    (ii) The beneficiary's entitlement period falls within the time the 
ASC's agreement with CMS is in effect.
    (d) Furnishing information. The ASC agrees to furnish to CMS, if 
requested, information necessary to establish payment rates specified in 
Sec. Sec. 416.120-416.130 in the form and manner that CMS requires.
    (e) Acceptance of assignment. The ASC agrees to accept assignment 
for all facility services furnished in connection

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with covered surgical procedures. For purposes of this section, 
assignment means an assignment under Sec. 424.55 of this chapter of the 
right to receive payment under Medicare Part B and payment under Sec. 
424.64 of this chapter (when an individual dies before assigning the 
claim).
    (f) ASCs operated by a hopsital. In an ASC operated by a hospital--
    (1) The agreement is made effective on the first day of the next 
Medicare cost reporting period of the hospital that operates the ASC; 
and
    (2) The ASC participates and is paid only as an ASC, without the 
option of converting to or being paid as a hospital outpatient 
department, unless CMS determines there is good cause to do otherwise.
    (3) Costs for the ASC are treated as a non-reimbursable cost center 
on the hopsital's cost report.
    (g) Additional provisions. The agreement may contain any additional 
provisions that CMS finds necessary or desirable for the efficient and 
effective administration of the Medicare program.

[47 FR 34094, Aug. 5, 1982, as amended at 51 FR 41351, Nov. 14, 1986; 56 
FR 8844, Mar. 1, 1991]