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Title
EXPIRED: Providing flexibility for exceeding the 24-hour time frame for patients in Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Memo #
QSO-21-09-ASC EXPIRED
Posting Date
2025-08-04
Fiscal Year
2025
Title
EXPIRED
Memo Expiration Information:
Expiration Date: May 1, 2023
Expiration Information: Refer to QSO-25-23-ALL released on July 30, 2025: Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)
CMS is committed to taking critical steps to ensure America’s health care facilities continue to be prepared to respond to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE).
Providing flexibility for exceeding the 24-hour timeframe in ASCs: AsCOVID-19 cases continue to surge, CMS will temporarily exercise survey enforcement discretion regarding the 24-hour time frame to allow patients to remain in the ASC longer, if needed, during the COVID-19 PHE. This applies to ASCs that have not converted to a hospital during the PHE.
Memo Expiration Information:
Expiration Date: May 1, 2023
Expiration Information: Refer to QSO-25-23-ALL released on July 30, 2025: Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)
CMS is committed to taking critical steps to ensure America’s health care facilities continue to be prepared to respond to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE).
Providing flexibility for exceeding the 24-hour timeframe in ASCs: AsCOVID-19 cases continue to surge, CMS will temporarily exercise survey enforcement discretion regarding the 24-hour time frame to allow patients to remain in the ASC longer, if needed, during the COVID-19 PHE. This applies to ASCs that have not converted to a hospital during the PHE.