Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems (OPPS)
CMS generally makes payment for hospital outpatient department services through the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS).
Submit Comments to CMS on Proposed Cuts to Medicare Part B Payments for 340B Drugs
As urged by the AHA and others, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services advisory panel today recommended that the agency not finalize for 2018 a proposal that would drastically cut Medicare payments for drugs acquired under the 340B Drug Pricing Program. In July, CMS proposed to pay…
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Medicare Outpatient PPS and ASC Proposed Rule for CY 2018
Held August 15, 2017
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Medicare Outpatient PPS and ASC Proposed Rule for CY 2018
On July 13, the CMS released two proposed rules for calendar year 2018: the outpatient prospective payment system /ambulatory surgical center proposed rule and the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule.
The AHA July 13 criticized proposed deep cuts to how much the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reimburses hospitals for drugs acquired under the 340B Drug Pricing Program and proposes changes to site-neutral payment policies under Section 603 of the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act.
On July 13, the CMS released two calendar year 2018 proposed rules: the outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule and the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed to update hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by 1.75% in calendar year 2018 compared to CY 2017. The rule also would drastically cut Medicare payment for drugs that are acquired under the 340B Drug Pricing…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its proposed rule for the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2018. CMS estimates a 0.31% increase in physician payment rates for 2018 compared to 2017, after applying a 0.5% payment increase required by the Medicare Access and…