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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

Hospital Outpatient Departments, ASCs to See Pay Bump in 2020; CMS Does Not Include Proposals on Publication of Standard Charges List

This evening, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final calendar year (CY) 2020 payment rule for hospital outpatient departments. The rule also includes the annual payment update for Ambulatory Surgical Centers as well as policies for 340B, wage index, and laboratory date of service. Provisions of the final rule go into [...] Read More