Federal Regulations

CMS Ambulatory Surgery Center Specifications Manuals

Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery CAHPS (OAS CAHPS)

ASCQR Program Resources

For more information on federal issues and legislation, visit the following websites.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a page dedicated to the complete set of HIPAA privacy rules and has also produced a document with the Combined HIPAA Simplifications, which provides all the HIPAA regulatory standards in one document.