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| Term: Ambulatory Surgery Center |
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A facility designed to provide surgical care which does not require Hospital Inpatient Confinement but is at a level above what is available in a Physician's office or clinic and meets all of the following criteria:
(1) is licensed by the proper authority of the state in which it is located, has an organized Physician staff, and has permanent facilities that are equipped and operated primarily for the purpose of performing surgical procedures;
(2) provides Physician services and full-time skilled nursing services directed by a Nurse whenever a patient is in the facility;
(3) does not provide the services or other accommodations for Hospital Inpatient Confinement; and
(4) is not a facility used as an office or clinic for the private practice of a Physician or other professional providers. |
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