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Care Compare ASCs

Quality measures for Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical centers.

Source: CMS · Refreshed quarterly · Freshness SLA: Within 48h of quarterly CMS release · FHIR Location
5,956certified facilitiesAs of 2026-04-01
2024–2026temporal coverageRefreshed quarterly
Source: CMS — Care Compare ASCs·Snapshot: 2026-04-01·Method: care-compare-asc/v1·ID: asc

FHIR Location

What a record looks like in the API response.

Sample record
{
  "resourceType": "Location",
  "id": "asc-14-2012345",
  "_source": "cms-care-compare-asc",
  "_methodology": "care-compare-asc/v1",
  "type": [{ "text": "Ambulatory Surgical Center" }]
}

Every record carries _source, _methodology, a snapshot date, and a confidence tier. These provenance fields survive export and API delivery — each fact stays chained to the federal release it came from.

Sample query

One request returns a provenance-tracked record.

cURL
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FONTEUM_KEY" \
  "https://api.fonteum.com/fhir/r4/Location?_source=asc" \
  | jq '._source, ._methodology, .meta.tag'

The response includes the FHIR resource body plus Fonteum provenance metadata on every record.

Dataset facts

The record, in full.

Dataset facts for Care Compare ASCs
FieldValue
AgencyCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CategoryCare quality
Records5,956 certified facilities
Temporal coverage2024–2026
Refresh cadenceQuarterly
Freshness SLAWithin 48h of quarterly CMS release
Last synced2026-04-01
FHIR resourceLocation
Methodologycare-compare-asc/v1
MeasuredASC quality measures ASC-1 through ASC-12 per ambulatory surgical center
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  1. [1]Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — Care Compare ASCs (upstream source)
  2. [2]Fonteum methodology (care-compare-asc/v1)
  3. [3]Editorial & licensing policy

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