According to an opinion by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Health and Human Services was working within its statutory authority when it lowered hospital outpatient payment rates for care provided at all campus provider-based departments of a hospital.
The Advisory Group reported, the United States Court of...CMS Rules
The final rule with comment period updates and revises policies under the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System.
Hospital advocates aren't taking the news lightly since Medicare Part B reimbursement cuts to hospitals for drugs purchased through the 340B...
The final 2019 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule with comment period phases in cuts to hospital outpatient clinic visits and bumps ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) average reimbursement rate per procedure by 2.1 percent while hospital outpatient surgery departments get 1.35 percent more next year.
The new...