LAC 50:XI.7501. General Provisions

A. The services rendered by ambulatory surgical centers must be medically necessary preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative or palliative services furnished to an outpatient by or under the direction of a physician or dentist in a facility which is not part of a hospital but which is organized and operated to provide medical care to patients. B. This type of facility will not provide services or accommodations for patients to stay overnight. Therefore, the ambulatory surgical center shall have a system to transfer patients requiring emergency admittance or overnight care to a fully licensed and certified Title XIX hospital following any surgical procedure performed at the facility. C. Never Events. Effective for dates of service on or after July 1, 2012, the Medicaid Program will not provide reimbursement to ambulatory surgical centers for “never events” or medical procedures performed in error which are preventable and have a serious, adverse impact to the health of the Medicaid recipient. Reimbursement will not be provided when the following “never events” occur: 1. the wrong surgical procedure is performed on a patient; 2. surgical or invasive procedures are performed on the wrong body part; or 3. surgical or invasive procedures are performed on the wrong patient.