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