ASCQR reporting errors cost ambulatory surgery centers real money. Miss a deadline or skip a measure, and CMS slashes your annual payment rate update by 2 percentage points. No exceptions. No grace periods. For ASC administrators juggling surveys, staffing, and daily operations, ASCQR compliance often slides down the priority list until it becomes urgent. This guide breaks down the most common reporting pitfalls and provides a practical roadmap to protect your facility's reim

Survey day at your Ambulatory Surgery Center. Surveyors walk through the door. Your team freezes. The next few hours determine whether you pass, receive citations, or face temporary closure. Most ASC administrators know this feeling. The stress. The uncertainty. The nagging thought that something got missed. Here's the thing: survey failures rarely happen because of one catastrophic mistake. They happen because of small, preventable oversights that compound over time. These a

Survey day arrives. The surveyor walks through your doors: CMS, AHCA, or AAAHC. Your team scrambles. Binders get pulled. Staff freeze when asked basic compliance questions. Sound familiar? Most ASC citations stem from preventable gaps. Not negligence. Oversight. The difference between a clean survey and a corrective action plan often comes down to preparation that happens months before surveyors arrive. Here are seven mistakes ambulatory surgery centers make repeatedly: and e