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CMS Proposes Increase to OPPS & ASC Payment, Expands Site-Neutrality, Revises Hospital Star Rating Program, and Adds Flexibility for High Medicaid Facilities

On the morning of August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) calendar year (CY) 2021 proposed rule. The rule also includes updates to the ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system and other specified policies: Update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient [...] Read More

CMS Predicts Payment Increase for Hospitals in CY 2020; Transparency Efforts Continue with Proposal to Publicly Release Standard Charges List

Tweet On the evening of July 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) calendar year (CY) 2020 proposed rule. The rule also includes updates to the ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system. Policies in the proposed rule focused on site neutrality and transparency, administration priorities. [...] Read More

CMS Releases CY 2019 Proposed Payment Rule for Hospital Outpatient Departments, Includes Proposals Related to Site Neutrality, 340B, and Pass-Through Payments

On July 25, 2018, CMS released its CY 2019 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment system proposed rule. The rule contains payment updates for hospital outpatient departments and ASCs as well as proposals related to pass-through payments and the 340B program. Three requests for information (RFIs), including two […]

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