General

General A. Medicaid considers an Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) a publicly, or privately, owned institution not considered a part of a hospital, in accordance with its function. B. Ambulatory surgical centers must be operated by its own organized medical and administrative staff primarily for the purpose of providing elective surgical treatment for “outpatients” whose recovery under normal and routine circumstances will not require “inpatient” care. C. The facility cannot include the offices of private physicians or dentists, whether practicing individually or in groups, but does include facilities engaged in such outpatient surgery, whether using the name “ambulatory surgical” facility or a similar or different name. D. A facility considered to be operated by a hospital or hospital holding, leasing, or management company, whether for-profit or non-profit, must be a separate, identifiable entity which is physically, administratively and financially independent and distinct from other operations of any hospital. E. Once licensed and certified as such, the “facility” will not be allowed to revert to the position as a component part of any hospital without securing a Certificate of Need to do so.