Hospitalization
The ASC must be able to transfer a patient immediately to a local hospital when the patient experiences a medical emergency that the ASC is not capable of handling, or which requires emergency care extending well beyond the 24-hour time frame for ASC cases.
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Transfer Agreement
The ASC must have an effective procedure for the immediate transfer of the patient to a hospital. This hospital must be a local, Medicare participating hospital that meet requirements for for emergency services. The ASC must periodically provide the local hospital with written notice of its ope...
